FreeDMG v.0.5b README

FreeDMG v. 0.5b

About FreeDMG
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FreeDMG is a drag-and-drop disk imaging program. This software will let the user create images quickly, and easily, without much effort, or decisions having to be made. The process of creating a disk image is simplified as much as possible with FreeDMG.
This program is meant to be useful, and is also distributed for free under the GNU GPL. This is with the hope that freeware, shareware, free source, and open source software movements can survive for years to come. To learn more about free-source and open-source software movements, see the GNU web page at http://www.gnu.org.

Using FreeDMG
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To use the software in it's most basic form (creating a disk image on the fly):

Step 1:
Drag files and/or folders to the FreeDMG window, or to the FreeDMG icon in the dock.

Step 2:
When the window or icon shades, drop your files and/or folders

The disk image will be created in the same folder as the source file/folder if the "Image on fly" option is chosen in preferences.

Folders can be used as the root of the image if selected in preferences.

This software has the following features:
• Create disk images in a variety of formats
• Mount images
• Convert images
• Change Read/Write Encrypted image passwords
• Verify Images
• Checksum Images (MD5 and CRC-32)
• Compact SPARSE type images
• Internet Enable disk images (during or after creation)
• Use Apple Software Restore to scan images for restore and block restore

Disk image formats:

There are many disk image formats available, including Classic Mac O.S. images (.img). They are as follows:

UDRW - UDIF read/write image
UDRO - UDIF read-only image
UDCO - UDIF ADC-compressed image
UDZO - UDIF zlib-compressed image
UFBI - UDIF entire image with MD5 checksum
UDRo - UDIF read-only (obsolete format)
UDCo - UDIF compressed (obsolete format)
UDTO - DVD/CD-R master for export
UDxx - UDIF stub image
UDSP - SPARSE (growable with content)
RdWr - NDIF read/write image (deprecated)
Rdxx - NDIF read-only image (Disk Copy 6.3.3 format)
ROCo - NDIF compressed image (deprecated)
Rken - NDIF compressed (obsolete format)
DC42 - Disk Copy 4.2 image

Troubleshooting:
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Troubleshooting information and support can be found on the Kelley Computing web page at http://www.kelleycomputing.net.

License:
Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Eddie Kelley <eddie@kelleycomputing.net>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307

Version changes:
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Change History (most recent first)

3/23/2005 v0.5b Minor version change
• Added "Images" menu that includes:
- Creat from File/Folder (normal mkdmg functions)
- Convert
- Get Info
- Verify
- Checksum
-- CRC-32
-- MD5
- Compact
- Make Internet Enabled
- Scan Image for Restore
- Scan Image for Block Restore
• More image format options in preferences window
• Encryption option in preferences window

3/17/2005 v0.4.7b Minor beta version change
• Uses mkdmg tool version 1.4.3

2/5/2005 v0.4.6b Minor beta version change
• Removed faulty "Cancel" button from preferences window
• Uses mkdmg tool version 1.4.2
- no longer accepts input without source specified after -s flag
- NSAutoreleasePool used in while loops to release memory more efficiently

1/15/2005 v0.4.5b Minor beta version change
• Reports errors
• New preferences
- Imaging on the fly option
- Folder or volume as root of image option
• Uses new mkdmg tool (version 0.1.4.1)
- Checks for locked volume or read-only dir with chosen imaging location.

12/04/2004 v0.4.4b Minor beta version change
• Uses new mkdmg tool (version 0.1.3)
Fixes file 'limit' when dragging multiple sources
• Uses new Icon
• Performance enhancements
• Status text field

9/13/2004 v0.4.3b Minor beta version change
• Preference window is now sheet
• Preferences are better managed (fixes v. 0.4.2b prefs overwrite)
• Verbose preference (for verbose logging)
• Internet Enabled preference (make disk image internet enabled)
• New version of mkdmg tool used (0.1.2)

8/30/2004 v0.4.2b Minor beta version chage
• Preference window now available with compression format options.
• New version of mkdmg tool used (0.1.1)

8/22/2004 v0.4.1b Minor version change updated online
Major overhauls - the likes of which include:
• New TaskWrapper class used to alleviate stress on the finder, and application,
this stops certain observed "sticking"
• New Log view integrated into window using tab view - less sytem log dump

8/20/2004 v0.4b Minor beta version change updated online
•using new mkdmg engine (command line program vs. shell script)

8/2004 v0.3.3b updated version online
•removed certain error messages
•bug fixes

8/2004 v0.3b Minor beta version change to 0.3.
•First online release version
•Name changed to protect the innocent.
•Dock icon drop.
•Dock icon menu.

05/05/2004 v0.1.1 modified application to remove path extensions before imaging

04/2004 v0.1 initial version
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FreeDMG v.0.5b
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