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  • v1.0.0 64e34de88b

    v1.0.0 Stable

    kerem released this 2026-02-15 06:43:44 +03:00 | 59 commits to master since this release

    📅 Originally published on GitHub: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:35:45 GMT
    🏷️ Git tag created: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:43:44 GMT

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    QuickInstall v1.0.0 is here!

    Yes, I know it took over a year, but I hope it was worth the wait!

    Here's the changes:

    Bootloader:

    • Floppy/CD Bootloader now reads 18/36 sectors at once, massively speeding up boot on buggy BIOSes
    • You can now select DMA to be disabled during boot to work around buggy IDE/SCSI/SATA controllers or drives (Note: this also applies to SYSLINUX and DOS boot, but NOT UEFI boot)
    • There is now a progress bar when starting QuickInstall via the Floppy/CD Bootloader

    Reference images:

    • Added Q381307 (VMOUSE.VXD) update to 98SE and ME reference image
    • Added Q311561 (IO.SYS) update to 98SE and ME reference image
    • Added Q304708 (CDVSD.VXD) update to ME reference image
    • Added Q271233 (HSFLOP.PDR) update to ME reference image
    • Added Q274370 (CDVSD.VXD) update to 98SE reference image
    • Added Q274175 (CDFS.VXD) update to 98SE and ME reference image
    • Added Q293197 (VDHCP.386) update to 98SE reference image
    • Added Q289635 (GDI.EXE/GDI32.DLL) update to 98SE and ME reference image
    • Added Q277784 (HIDSERV.EXE) update to ME reference image
    • Added Q262232 (HSFLOP.PDR) update to 98SE reference image
    • Added Unofficial 2020 Time Zones Update
    • DirectX on MICRO images changed from 8.1 to 8.1b
    • Added DOS Mouse acceleration fix
    • Added VMM 4G Resource Patch (Sweetlow)
    • Added R. Loew non-DOS Partition Corruption Patch
    • Added R. Loew CDFS 2GB Disk Limit Patch
    • Added patch to set PS/2 mouse report rate to 200Hz (Patch by SweetLow)
    • Added IO.SYS patch to fix janky DOS disk detection order (PCHIO98)
    • Updated SweetLow ATAPCIBM INF patch
    • Updated SweetLow ESDI_506 patches
    • 7-Zip is now installed by default (yeah, that took a while)
    • 98SE/ME Lite images can now install DirectX 9.0c properly
    • There is a NUKE.BAT script now that allows you to reset the system registry (i.e. redetect hardware) without re-installation (experimental)
    • Extras folder massively debloated by removing tools and patches that are already integrated in the reference images
    • Existing extras folder content repackaged with 7zip SFXs for more efficient space usage
    • K6INIT updated to 1.4b
    • HWiNFO32 updated to 8.40
    • Total Commander updated to 11.56
    • HDAT2 updated to 2.76
    • SuperPI updated to 1.1e mod (modified to show milliseconds)
    • PCIEDIT updated to 0.5
    • Added Video Memory Stress Test (VMT) 1.7.116
    • Added Video Memory Stress Test for Clean Environment (VMTC) 1.21
    • Individual OS images now fit inside one 700MB CD-R again! :)

    General Changes:

    • Eliminated missing ".CAT" file popups during installation (hopefully)
    • Fixed USB audio drivers not installing
    • Deduplicated the registry in the OS data files, meaning the installer now has to copy ~1MB less data :P
    • Rewrote driver library parsing code from scratch. It's now open source, faster and more reliable and doesn't need WINE!
    • Fixed Font and Recycled folders not working properly (bugs with the file/directory attributes)
    • Image creation rewritten to use disk images instead of directories
    • New System Info dialog OEM logo (by Tapachki)
    • USB Mass Storage devices no longer prompt for a driver when being plugged in (if bundled USB drivers are used)
    • Added EFI kernel allowing USB images to be booted on UEFIs directly
    • Added Witchery Voodoo 2 diagnostic tool
    • Added CREGFIX patch integration
    • Added GPT Disk / LBA64 helper Driver integration, meaning on "good" controller/drive combo, GPT disks > 2TB and with 4k native sectors can be read and written (very experimental)
    • Massively extended documentation

    Installer:

    • Installer mostly rewritten
    • NVME Disks are now correctly recognized and no longer trip up the hard disk selector
    • NVME Disks are now valid installation targets
    • Made File Line reading a bit more robust, hopefully fixing memory corruption when fetching OS List
    • Fixed a memory leak when cycling in and out of hard-disk related menus with existing mountpoints
    • Replaced individual "ask user" dialogs with a single menu to configure the installation
    • Added read error handling for prebuffering (should fix a lot of the ReadAhead1Block assertion errors)
    • Added better UI feedback on errors
    • Improved installer mounting/unmounting procedures
    • Installer can now be run from any modern-ish Linux environment (not recommended but possible), provided lsblk and cfdisk are available
    • Removed dependency on sfdisk for disk activation (fewer errors on partition activation, and it is much faster)
    • The installation can now be configured in a single menu
    • The installation progress is now displayed in a single multi-progress-line window
    • Partitioning and Installation now handles non-MBR disks and rejects them
    • Partitioning now offers to wipe the partition table on non-MBR (i.e. GPT) disks so that CFDISK can MBRify them
    • The OS variant can now be changed after the main menu was entered
    • The user can go back to the main menu after the installation
    • The extra driver library and extra software directory can now be copied to the hard disk within the installer

    Driver changes (Base)

    • Update Trident 3DImage 9x5 unified driver
    • Update S3 Trio 3D/2x driver
    • Add Adaptec ASH1205 driver
    • Add SiS 18x/96x SATA/RAID driver
    • Add ADMTEK 98x driver
    • Add Liteon 82c16x driver
    • Add Macronix 987xx driver
    • Add ITE821x non-RAID driver
    • Add ASIX 881xx driver
    • Add NVME storage driver (SweetLow)
    • SweetLow USB2.0 stack promoted to base driver library! :)
    • Update AHCI driver patches (SweetLow)
    • Buggy/Limited R.Loew Lexar USB storage driver replaced by SweetLow driver
    • Add several D-Link fast/gigabit ethernet card drivers
    • Update VIA Rhine and Velocity drivers
    • Update Broadcom 4401 drivers
    • Add 2019 latest NDIS2 drivers for Intel Gigabit Ethernet adapters
    • Add JMicron JMC250/JMC260 PCIe ethernet NDIS2 driver
    • Add Realtek 8168 PCIe ethernet > rev3 NDIS2 driver
    • Add VIA Amazon 10mbps driver

    Driver changes (Extra)

    • Make Voodoo banshee driver universal (experimental)
    • Add early Avance ALC AC97 VxD drivers
    • Add 3DLabs Wildcat driver
    • Add VBEMP
    • Add ATI Radeon 7xxx, 8xxx, 9xxx Driver 3.06
    • Add s3 unichrome for VIA Intel and K8 chipsets
    • Add SiS unified IGP driver
    • Add VIA Vinyl AC97 driver
    • Add PowerVR PCX1/PCX2 driver
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