The features/bug fixes for different versions of the installer
should be as follows:

installer 1.0   - Original release from Alice group

installer 1.1   - My first involvement with installer
       Feature - Mulltiple archive selection and installation
       Feature - archives selectable for installing by dragging
                 on top of the installer.
       Bux Fix - CD-ROM device no longer misrecognized as a hard disk

installer 1.1a  - Bug fix release
       Feature - First appearance of progress bar.
       Bug Fix - Patch to deal with larger than 1GB disk size.

installer 1.1b  - Bug fix release
       Feature - better progress bar
       Bug Fix - better validation of root partition before mounting.

installer 1.1c  - Bug fix release
       Bug Fix - Fixed problems with progress bar on B&W screen.

installer 1.1d  - Bug fix release
       Bug Fix - fixed error with creation of /etc/fstab.
       Bug Fix - prior versions compiled with FPU optimization on.
                 All compiles starting with this one are not.

installer 1.1e  - Bug fix release
       Feature - Increase number of terminal device files created
                 to be 16 instead of 4.
       Bug Fix - Prior installers read/wrote with local time zone
                 timestamp.  Fixed this to add correct GMT bias on
                 reads and writes.

installer 1.1f  - Bug fix release
       Bug Fix - /dev/tty and /dev/pty devices added in 1.1e changed
                 to use proper hexadecimal naming scheme.
                 File system type reported changed from "ufs" to "ffs".
                 Paging under "more" and "dir" re-enabled.

installer 1.1g  - Feature release
       Feature - Mirror Allen Briggs's changes to NetBSD that basically
                 reclaim the "d" partition.
       Feature - Now makes all devices a "MAKEDEV all" would make
                 except "vnd*" and "ccd*" devices.
       Bug Fix - Version number wasn't showing up in "About" box
                 because text box size was too small.  Fixed now.

Any questions can be forwarded to me via email.

Steve Brown
[email protected]

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