[Info-mtools] GNU mtools 4.0.28 released

[Alain Knaff]

Hello,

I am pleased to announce the release of GNU mtools version 4.0.28

GNU mtools is available for download from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools and the mirror sites worldwide (see
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html for the list of those).

The sources can be obtained from ftp.gnu.org and its world-wide mirrors:

  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.28.tar.gz    (519K)
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.28.tar.bz2   (426K)
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.28.tar.lz    (368K)

The same directory also contains pre-compiled Debian packages.

Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from GNU
and Unix without mounting them, to change FAT-specific file attributes
(hidden, archive, system), and to format FAT media.

Mtools supports W32 style long file names, FAT32, OS/2 Xdf disks and
2m disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3 1/2 disk). Mtools also
includes mpartition, a simple partitioning programing. It is also a
convenient tool to work with disk image files (thanks to the -i flag).

For more information on mtools, including links to file downloads,
please see the mtools web page: http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools

Please email bugs or suggestions to <info-mtools@gnu.org>.

Improvements since the 4.0.27 release are:
        - Support remapping of data (for not-quite linear floppy image
        files, such as IBM 3174)
        - Re-open floppy devices read-write if geometry parameters need
        to be changed
        - relax consistency checks in mpartition (partitions created
          by current fdisk would almost never pass these checks)
        - Fix some compiler warnings

Regards,

Alain