Boot Info Script News

Boot Info Script 0.60 is released:

• New maintainer: Gert Hulselmans.
• boot_info_script is now released under the MIT license.
• Add this CHANGELOG file.
• Source code changes are now tracked in git:
  http://bootinfoscript.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=bootinfoscript/bootinfoscript;a=summary
• Big source code reformatting and cleanup of the code and comments.
• The output file can now be specified by adding the filename as argument:
  bash ./boot_info_script.sh <outputfile>
• Display help when invoked with the -h, -help or --help switch.
• Gzip the output file when invoked with the -g or --gzip switch.
  This option will make 2 files: an uncompressed and gzip compressed file.
• Warn the user if multiple boot_info_script.sh files are found in the same
  directory (file downloaded multiple times with Firefox, Chromium,... ):
  boot_info_script.sh boot_info_script(0).sh boot_info_script(1).sh
• Add a lot of GUIDs to the GPT Partition type list.
• Grub support code is rewritten and now handled by one function.
• Add Grub2 v1.99 support.
• Display the embedded Grub2/burg config file.
• Syslinux support added:
  • Check if Syslinux can find its second stage.
  • Display the version number.
  • Display the Syslinux directory in which Syslinux will look first for
    its config file.
  • Display content of Syslinux config file.
  • Display the ADV.
  • List all COM32(R) module files and display the major version number.
• Support mount paths with spaces.
• Support more than 26 drives.
• Add detection for the following MBRs:
  • Different Syslinux MBRs and versions (standard, GPT and ISOhybrid)
  • Diskcryptor
  • FreeDOS
  • SUSE generic MBR
  • Grub4dos
  • WEE
  • XOSL
• Add detection for grub4dos installed in the PBR.
• Add detection for FreeDOS PBR code.
• List additional boot files when found:
  • SYSLINUX/EXTLINUX: ldlinux.sys and extlinux.sys
  • Grub4dos: grldr and grldr.bin
  • burg (Grub2 based): /burg/core.img and /boot/burg/core.img
  • Grub2: added /boot/grub2/core.img as alternative location
  • FreeDOS: kernel.sys
  • DellDiagnostics: dellbio.bin and dellrmk.bin
  • ReactOS: freeldr.sys qnd freeldr.ini
• Display offset of file on a disk in GB and GiB for Grub(2) and Syslinux.
• Display embedded config file for Grub4dos/WEE.
• Add ReactOS support.
• Most lines in the output file are now 80 characters or less.
• Prefer gawk above nawk and busybox awk (workaround for bugs in nawk).