v0.9.4

Main repository

• Fix corrupted files with USB images due to broken size calculation
• Fix USB image being created without being asked
• Fix VLB SCSI / IDE adapters not working
• Rework large parts of installer
  • Memory leak fixes
  • Agressive & Asynchronous readahead to speed up installation
  • Rewrite UI with new custom minimal text UI library
  • Massively reduced installer size by no longer requiring libdialog/ncurses
  • Reworked lsblk interface, HDD scanning is now much faster
• Add firmware support to linux kernel to support additional SCSI adapters (e.g. Advansys 3550)
• Build process more stabilised and simplified, now buildable with GCC 11+
• Better dependency descriptions
• Fix sysprep xattr requirement for Windows hosts
• Potential improvement on stability for FAST device detection

Driver library (Base)

• Properly distinguish Sil3x12 RAID/NON-RAID drivers
• Fix VIA 686 southbridge AC97 being installed with no actual driver
• Add Silicon Motion SM712 driver
• Fix CAT file warning for SiS 6326
• Update ESS1938 driver
• Add Atheros L1 and L2 PCIe NIC drivers (NDIS2)
• Add 3c90x/3c920 driver
• Add Atheros AR8151 PCIe NIC driver (NDIS2)
• Move Trident 4DWave to EXTRA driver lib.
• Update OPTi 929 driver
• Remove FA311 driver in favor of generic DP83815x driver
• Add Realtek 8100E-H PCIe NIC drivers (NDIS2)

Driver Library (Extra)

• Add Trident 4DWave driver with soundfonts
• Add experimental USB 2.0 driver (From NUSB)

Reference images

• Add new 98Lite MICRO + DirectX 8.1 image variant
• Fix DirectX 9 installability for 98Lite MICRO images

v0.9.3

• Fixes some UI inconsistencies (OK button on message boxes, crashes when cancelling some prompts)
• Duplicate files are stored in image only once
• Install media search can now be cancelled as advertised
• Fix missing files after installation

v0.9.2

Changes to main repository

mercypak: Fix invalid file dates being saved due to host machine DST.
linux: Enable Serverworks ATA controller support.
Enable kernel unicode support
installer: Fix crash after 2x trying to install on source partition.
installer: Only allow partition selection to succeed if filesystem is…
Add UTF8 support to installer.
linux: Fix international filenames being mangled on installation.
Sysprep/mercypak/dd/syslinux python port, remove dependencies, add mu…
installer: Fix potential buffer overflow in util_readFirstLineFromFil…
Update readme
Bump version number to 0.9.2
Update win98-driver-lib-base
Update building readme
sysprep/syslinux: fix erroneous filename print output
sysprep: Fix Windows ME CAB dir not being found.
sysprep:fix misleading error message when CAB files aren't found
sysprep: Fix multiple files matching a wildcard not being deleted.
sysprep: Add more files to the junk cleanup
sysprep/registry: Fix broken VGA device entry if source VM had ISA VG…
init.sh: remove mtools from dependencies.
Fix outdated message in build.sh

Changes to win98-driver-lib-base

Remove extraneous catalog file entry for S3 Savage4 Driver

v0.9

Changes in main repository

• Fix unnecessary file/dir prompt in sysprep batch script.
• Add known locale problem to FAQ.
• Update win98-driver-lib-base
• Update win98-driver-lib-extra
• installer: Add extra message box to tell user to format created parti…
• Bump version to 0.9
• Ignore F8 presses when booting (in case you hammer it for safe mode :-))
• tools: update drivercopy
• Rewrite installer to use mmap.
• sysprep: Fix reboot on non-98Lite installs (for real this time...)
• installer: Fix crash when driver pack doesn't exist.
• sysprep: Fix missing reboot if base system isn't 98Lite or in C:\WIND…
• Add a FAQ section to README
• sysprep: Remove Win386.SWP from OS Root too.

Changes in tiny-floppy-bootloader

• Ignore F8 presses.

Changes in win98-driver-lib-base

• Add Non-RAID driver for Sil3112
• Add S3 Trio3D 2X driver.
• Remove more unnecessary subsystem entries from INFs.
• Remove subsystem IDs from Voodoo3 driver.
• Fix broken S3 Savage4 Driver.
• Fix missing RICHED20.DLL file in Voodoo2 driver
• Add Highpoint 374 driver
• Add Highpoint 366 driver
• Add Highpoint 302/370/372 driver
• Remove generic Highpoint drivers
• Add ICPlus IP100 + IP1000 drivers
• Add Atheros AR8131 driver
• Add Intel 740 driver
• Add Trident 9385/9382 driver
• Add Trident 9320/9440/9660/9470/9783/9388/9753 driver
• Add Trident 3DImage 9750 / 9850 driver
• Add Trident Wave4D Driver
• Add ESS Solo-1 driver
• Fix spurious zone identifier file

Changes in win98-driver-lib-extra

• Add Trident Blade3D 9880 driver
• Fix ALS300 / ALS4000 drivers not being recognized by drivercopy.

v0.8.1

Changes to win98-quickinstall:

• Add USB config to basic floppy disk image.
• (Attempt to) Fix USB boot not finding install media.
• sysprep: Fix linux sysprep not working with empty extra driver library
• sysprep: Fix linux sysprep not working with relative path.
• installer: Remove scratch buffers and directly operate on ring buffer.
• installer: Compile with optimizations
• installer: bypass scratchbuffer, make ringbuffer able to r/w FILEs
• make fwrite unlocked too
• Test changing file descriptors to FILE * streams
• Fix typo in README.md

v0.8

NOTE: There is a typo in the README. To create a USB image, just use:

makeusb.bat <Output USB image file> (Windows)
./makeusb.sh <Output USB image file> (Linux)

Changes in main repository

• add missing syslinux bulid script to init.sh
• Bump version to 0.8
• Update gitignore
• Update readme and build instructions.
• Update bootloader and driver libraries.
• Add DOS + LOADLIN based boot floppy for slow PCs.
• Add support for installing from hard disks & USB flash drives.
• Split kernels: floppy boot / less compressed & feature rich CD-ROM va…
• busybox: Trim down to needed tools only to reduce initrd size.
• Make OS root directory and target ISO selectable.
• Remove the need to mess with registry files before building image.
• instlaler: Fix progress bars
• tools/drivercopy: Fix drivers with same inf name overwriting each other.
• Update bootloader.
• Update base driver library.
• installer: Add proper UI for disk formatting, wraps around mkfs.fat o…

Changes in tiny-floppy-bootloader

• Add adaptation notice as required per GPL (I think???).
• Make build script take parameters instead of hardcoding everyhthing.
• Remove 0xee port read method of enabling A20.
• Remove non-floppy boot sector code.
• Add proper code for enabling A20 via KBC, safeguard KBC ready waits.
• Add safer methods to enable A20 gate.

Changes in win98-driver-lib-base

• Add Tekram DC-390 and Initio 9xx drivers.
• Add 3Ware Escalade 6000 & 7000 drivers

Changes in win98-driver-lib-extra

• Add 3dfx Voodoo Rush driver

v0.3

Changes to win98-quickinstall:

• linux: Add Tekram DC-390 and INITIO 162x drivers.
• installer: build UI with libdialog instead of dialog command
  We have progress bars now!
• installer: Slight ringbuffer copy speedup
• installer: Make memory estimation more conservative, fixes crash on 24MB systems
• Copy essential files to ram disk before starting the installer.
  Massive speedup due to lack of seeks during the installer.
• installer: Fix smaller than expected reads being interpreted as EOF.
  Fixes "THREAD DONE" freeze on some weird IDE controllers/drives

Changes to win98-driver-lib-base:

• Change buggy Myson MTD-803 driver
• Separate AD1817 from AD18xx driver and add 1815/1816 driver with synth.
• Add Analog devices AD1812 driver
• XGI Volari, ITE821X Vortex86, Adaptec 160, Accton NICs, Mozart 601, RDC6040
• Add Tekram DC-390 and Initio 9xx drivers.

Changes to win98-driver-lib-extra:

• Add XGI Volari drivers.

v0.2.2a

• Add key-press prompt with timeout to bootloader
• Long Joliet file names on ISOs
• Added Myson MTD-803 NIC driver
• Fixed incorrect driver copy location

v0.2.1

• Add FAT16 support
• Build script should now work better with spaces in paths
• util-linux cfdisk no longer requires written confirmation to save partitioning changes
• User is now asked whether or not to update disk MBR/Set partition active

v0.2

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             Windows 98 QuickInstall ISO Creator Package

                   (C) 2012-2023 Eric Voirin (oerg866)

---

Here are the steps to create an ISO:

- If you are on linux, you must install the following prerequisites:

  wine cdrtools p7zip-full

- Install Windows 98 in a virtual machine or emulator, just as you want it.
  I recommend using 86Box using the following configuration:
  
  * Machine
    * Machine Type: Slot 1
    * Achine: [i440BX] ABIT BF6
    * CPU type: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes)
    * Memory: 64 MB
  * Display:
    * Video: [AGP] 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 (so that there is no driver contention)
  * Network:
    * NONE, VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE NETWORK DRIVER SETUP STAYS INTACT
  * Hard disks:
    * IDE (0:0), raw image, big enough to install the operating system

  *** NOTE: The operating system must be installed from the HARD DISK
  ***       and it must contain a folder containing the Windows 98
  ***       CAB files from the CDROM. Otherwise, drivers can not be
  ***       slipstreamed (yet).

  *** NOTE: It is recommended that NO extra drivers are installed in this
  ***       VM.

- Run the Pre-Setup registry file.

  This is found in the "_RUN_BEFORE_SYSPREP_" folder.

  Use "presetup.reg" if you wish to have the full Non-PNP device detection
  phase during installation. (Recommended if you intend to install on 486
  and early Pentium systems)

  Use "presetup_skip_pnp_init.reg" if you wish to skip the non-PNP device
  detection phase. This saves a lot of time during installation.
  Recommended on Pentium and above.

- Shut down the virtual machine and *DO NOT TURN IT BACK ON*

- Use 7zip or an imaging software and extract the entire root of the 
  partition you installed Windows 98 to.
  
  Extract all files into the "_OS_ROOT_" directory.

  On Windows, you can open the image file using the 7zip File Manager.
  On Linux, you can do this with by using '7z' from the p7zip-full package.

  '7z x -o_OS_ROOT_/ /path/to/image/file'
  
  *** NOTE: Only *one* Windows directory is allowed, and only *one*
  *** CAB directory.
  *** Windows directory is detected by finding "WIN.COM"
  *** CAB directory is detected by finding "PRECOPY2.CAB"

- Copy drivers that you want slipstreamed to the "_DRIVER_" directory.

  *** NOTE: This directory is already filled with a curated selection 
  *** of drivers.
  *** You can remove these, if you wish.

- Copy extra drivers that will not be slipstreamed but added to the
  "_EXTRA_DRIVER_" directory.

  *** NOTE: These drivers will be processed in the same way as the
  *** slipstreamed ones but will not be copied to the hard drive
  *** during installation.
  *** This folder will be named "DRIVER.EX" on the ISO. You can
  *** point the Windows 98 hardware wizard to this folder and
  *** the drivers will be found and installed correctly.

- Add any extra files you wish added to the ISO to the "_EXTRA_CD_FILES"
  directory.

  This can include drivers that you do not wish to be processed with
  the QuickInstall tools, e.g. drivers that contain extra software.

- Run the following command to build an ISO:

  Windows: sysprep.bat
  Linux:   ./sysprep.sh

- The "__ISO__" directory will contain the output iso.

- Do not hesitate to contact me on Discord if you need help:
  oerg#0866

- Enjoy!