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http://cantaforda.com/cfcl/eryk/linux/pdisk/index.html this is the utility provided by mklinux and osX to manipulate the Apple Partition map.
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A short history of pdisk
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11/1996 - Spent a week to create a minimal partitioner
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that reads maps, initializes maps, can add and delete partitions.
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Released as version 0.1 to MkLinux team
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12/1996 - Spent three weeks adding more commands, writing
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documentation, fixing bugs and making it prettier.
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Released version 0.2 to Gilbert
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Fixed a few more bugs.
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Released as version 0.3
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01/1997 - Spent two weeks creating MacOS version and fixing
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a few more bugs.
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Released as version 0.4
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03/1997 - Spent an evening adding device driver deletion
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and a couple of flags to private version.
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07/1997 - Some one else ported it to Rhapsody.
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Spent a couple of weeks adding variable block
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size support to Rhapsody version.
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Took the time to stop using rich man's source code control
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(multiple copies) in linux/mac and put sources under RCS.
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Folded linux/mac version changes into Rhapsody and
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brought some of the Rhapsody changes into linux/mac
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09/1997 - Fixed bugs in MacOS version of variable block size.
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Added new dump routines.
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Added case-insensitive string matching.
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Released one copy of version 0.5a3 source internally.
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10/1997 - Wrote MacOS documentation
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Minor fixes
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11/1997 - A few more fixes
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Released as version 0.5
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12/1997 - Integrated new media abstraction
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(includes support for ATA and ATAPI on MacOS)
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01/1998 - Added media iterators (to fix grunge in dump.c)
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Added os_reload_media (to get rid of ioctl's in write_partition_map)
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Added rename partition command ('n' in edit mode)
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Added /dev/hd? and /dev/scd? to MkLinux list all disks
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Added 68k target to CW project
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02/1998 - Released version 0.6
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Added support for ATA/IDE disks without LBA capability
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Fixed bug - create partition with unmodified size failed
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Added support for new (DR3) MkLinux names - show MkLinux
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name when displaying under another name and allow the
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MkLinux name to be used on input.
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Released version 0.7
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02-04/2000 - Clean up sources - fix naming, delete old email addresses
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Added support for display of Mac volume names
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Added cvt_pt target (for LinuxPPC team)
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Fix block 0 display to show logical offset of drivers
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Require confimation of quit without write
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Fix iteration to not complain about missing devices
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Warn when creating/writing a map with more than 15 entries
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Make initial window larger in Mac version
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Fix ATA support to scan buses correctly
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Fix linux names (in MacOS) to work right when many devices
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Change so WORM devices are considered 'CDs'
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05/2000 - Released version 0.8
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