2023 History

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Version 2.3.8.2  December 23, 2023                  Build 1633




Fixed a bug in the Linux import routine.






Version 2.3.8.1  November 21, 2023                Build 1632




Minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.8.0  November 4, 2023                Build 1628




Includes and installs the new GNU Grub kernel 2.12.


Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 156.




Some users may wish to return to the Older GNU Grub kernel 2.06


Instructions for 2.06 downgrade will be found in this Grub2Win help topic.


               GNU Grub version 2.12 rc1


       





Version 2.3.7.9          October 30, 2023                 Build 1625




Includes and installs GNU Grub kernel 2.06.


Minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.7.8          October 15, 2023                 Build 1623

 

     


Improved the reliability of the pause function.


Expanded the capability of the import function.


Updated Clover to version 5155.


Other minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.



Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 155.






Version 2.3.7.7         September 30, 2023                 Build 1620

 

     


The Windows default boot timeout can now be disabled.






Version 2.3.7.6          September 24, 2023               Build 1619

 

     


The option to install all Grub2Win modules to the EFI partition has been removed.


This option was available as a workaround in cases where the install partition was encrypted.

It was rarely used.


Over time, this method has proved unreliable and caused many boot problems.


From now on, Grub2Win must be installed to an unencrypted partition.



Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 154.




Added the Haiku BFS filesystem to the partition scan code.






Version 2.3.7.5          August 27, 2023                Build 1618

 

     


Enhancements to the Linux import code for better compatibility.


Performance improvements to the “Partition List”

and “System Info” routines.


Other minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.7.4          August 10, 2023                  Build 1617

 

     


Enhanced the download and update routines for greater reliability.


Updated the 7Zip modules to level 23.01


Minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.7.3         July 18, 2023                   Build 1613

 

     


Added support for installing the POSROG Android variant.


You must download and install Grub2Win build 1613 or higher.


Then follow the Grub2Win POSROG install help file for instructions.






Version 2.3.7.2          July 1, 2023                    Build 1610

 

     


Experimental support for ChromeOS.

This requires the installation of Brunch available from Github.


After running the Brunch chromos-install.sh command

you must use Grub2Win to import the Brunch generated configuration file.

This file is usually named chromeos.img.grub.txt


Here is a helpful YouTube Chrome tutorial by Tricknology.

Use the new Grub2Win Chrome import process.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OicSb2QpAVk



Note: Any support requests for ChromeOS boot and configuration

problems must be made to the Chrome or Brunch support forums.




Fixed an issue caused by uppercase UUID in the generated Linux menu code.






Version 2.3.7.1        June 21, 2023                    Build 1608

 

     


Minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.7.0        June 4, 2023                    Build 1603

 

     


Reworked several of the file error detection routines.

This should prevent error messages in a few unusual situations.

Fixed an email address problem in the diagnostics routine.






Version 2.3.6.9          June 2, 2023                     Build 1600

 

     


Scans all disks to establish the main Windows EFI partition.

Ensures that the Windows bootmanager resides there.

If not, searches all other partitions for the Windows bootmanager.






Version 2.3.6.8          May 13, 2023                     Build 1598

 

     


Enhancements to the work directory routines.


Other minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.6.7        May 9, 2023                     Build 1591

 

     


Code cleanup in the setup routines.


Added help documentation detailing import file requirements.






 Version 2.3.6.6          May 2, 2023                      Build 1589

 

     


Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.6.5        April 23, 2023                      Build 1584

 

     


Allow systems where EFI secure boot is enabled to run

EFI Partition Operations.






Version 2.3.6.4          April 14, 2023                   Build 1582

 

     


Refreshed the German locale help file to the latest level.

Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.6.3        April 5, 2023                   Build 1581

 

     


Fixed a bug in the date calculation routine.

Additional code cleanup and modularization.





Version 2.3.6.2         March 30, 2023                    Build 1576

 

     


Cleaned up some minor code issues.





Version 2.3.6.1          March 15, 2023                   Build 1571

 

     


Improved detection of Internet connection errors.





Version 2.3.6.0          March 3, 2023                   Build 1567

 

     


Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.





Version 2.3.5.9          February 25, 2023                    Build 1560

 

     


Fixed a bug in the syntax check routines.

This would sometimes cause a crash when a target file was not found.

Now a “Not Found” warning message is issued.





 Version 2.3.5.8          February 9, 2023                Build 1553

 

     


Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.


Refreshed Clover to version 5151.






Version 2.3.5.7          January 29, 2023                 Build 1543

 

     


Expanded the disk buffer from 512 to 4096 bytes.






Version 2.3.5.6          January 7, 2023                  Build 1538

 

     


Code Cleanup.



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