From: Joachim Benjamins <joachimDESPAM@DESPAMmensys.nl>
Serenity Systems International and Mensys BV are pleased to announce the
immediate availability of eComStation 2.0 RC1.
This release is available to customers with an active Software
Subscriptions Services subcription.
More details can be found at http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/
BACKUP
As always, the following applies:
!!! WHEN TESTING BETA SOFTWARE, ALWAYS BE SURE TO HAVE A TRIED AND
TESTED
BACKUP OF YOUR SYSTEM !!!
Disk Resizer GUI
This beta has a custom DFSee engine that enables reliable RESIZING of FAT32
and NTFS filesystems to allow shrinking an existing Windows installation to
make room for eComStation on the same system.
The GUI to this tool has been updated and is now using a graphical interface.
To invoke it, please select 'Paritition Resizing Tool' from the Installation
Volume Manager which can be called during installation.
GenMac support
This package provides generic driver support for several network interface
cards under OS/2 and eComStation. Moreover, Genmac is enabled to support WPA
encryption with the Wireless LAN Monitor 3.x or better.
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Genmac and the Wireless LAN monitor will be installed when the
appropriate hardware is detected by the installer. If it is not detected, you
can manually select the driver in the network installation dialog.
Bootable JFS
This release of eComStation contains the option to install the operating
system on a JFS volume. The advantage of doing this is that the amount of
diskcache is only limited by system memory (typically 10% of available memory
is assigned) This increased cache size gives a huge gain in overall system
performance.
To install onto a Bootable JFS volume, you will have to select 'JFS' as
filesystem type in the 'Format Volume' page of the installer.
ACPI 2.22
ACPI support has been updated to the latest available version (2.22) which
results in varying successrate. For example, AMD Opteron multicore CPU is
now reported to be supported.
Installation of ACPI has been improved by the use of the ACPI Wizard, which
tries to determine system configuration and set parameters accordingly. You can
manually change them of course. It will be run after regular installation has
completed.
multicore CPU support
This beta supports the installation of eComStation on a MultiCore CPU
computer. This includes Intel Core Duo, Core2 Duo and AMD 64 X2.
To enable it, you can do so in the ACPI Wizard that is launched from the
Post Installation tasks at the end of the installation. Alternatively you can
start the ACPI Wizard at any time from the install/remove folder in the Local
System folder on the desktop.
eComStation Virtual File System (Samba client support)
Samba is a SMB/CIFS protocols file and print sharing server/client set
originally made for UNIX world to cooperate with corresponding Windows
and OS/2 servers or clients. eComStation has a native implementation of
SMB/CIFS server/client set - IBM LAN Manager and IBM Peer. These products have
not been recently updated and may have some compatibility issues with modern
Windows SMB/CIFS implementations.
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Serenity Systems International has reached an agreement with Blueprint Software
Works for the inclusion of the 'eComStation Virtual File System' driver which
provides support for Samba Client. Currently a GUI to configure it is lacking,
but an example of how to mount a Samba resource is available.
REPORTING
To tell us your findings, please create a report at:
http://www.ecomstation.com/support/rc1report/
You are also welcome to join the TestTeam if you want to discuss this beta and
future developments. See http://ewiki.ecomstation.nl/TestTeam
for more details.
SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
Please note that although some subscriptions have expired by now, you are
not required to purchase a renewal to obtain the GA version of eComStation
2.0.
More details can be found at http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/
Enjoy!
