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confinedrv limits read/write access for certain partitions of a hard drive in order to boot multiple times from the same hard drive with virtualization software like qemu.

improvements by version 1.7:

• Certain boot problems which have arised under respective circumstances with v1.2.1 due to err-ing out gap spaces needed by grub or other loaders rather than zeroing them out or making them available as read-only should now be resolved (default currently is to zero out). It is important for grub that the partition where grub resides (i.e. the menu.lst) is at least readable.
• choose for any of three modes for every partition: read, write, error or zero (sdx=sda:r1:e2,3:w5,6,7:z8); default is now to zero out any parition which has not been mentioned rather than letting any access err there (example makes a.o. partitions 5, 6, 7 writable and partitions 2, 3 err.).
• The --gap and --mbr options provide means for specifying the access rights for gaps between primary partitions or all the space before the first partition including the partition table and the MBR respectively.
• The [--noannot] --info sdx now provides a better readable map of the partition table annotated with symbolic references for the start and end of partitions by default. --loopusage shows all loop devices in use by confinedrv.

new on the OS/2 Warp & eComstation pages of elstel.org:

• USB support for Warp: everything downloadable from elstel.org, better stepwise description, including IBM USB drivers.
• Gaming: New links to the best OS/2 and eComstation games including arcade and multiplayer games (more than two dozens).
• OS/2 Addons: TreeView file manager for Warp, fonts, icons, a multiuser environment for OS/2 and the eComstation.

An amazing set of free games for the eComstation and OS/2. We also show how Hexxagon runs with the dosbox under Linux.

The documentation of dbschemacmd has been translated to English. It is a tool for database schema normalization.

A new tool to normalize database schemata. Ein neues Tool um Datenbankschemata zu normalisieren. Available in English soon. Pre-Release Version; freigegeben zum Testen; v1.0.5 with several bugfixes + some enhancements towards v1.0.