NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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     Products involved:  AXIS 850, AXIS 851
     
     Release date:       96-03-04

     Release type:       PRODUCTION

     Software version:   2.00

     Software media:     AXIS85x   Filename: 85x.200   Size: 1120708 

    
     Last preceding
     release:            1.00
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     Release description:

     1. To upgrade preceding releases to 2.00 a RAM memory upgrade is
        required. When ordered from Axis a list of serial numbers for the
        CD-servers to be upgraded should be supplied. An instruction on how
        to mount the chips will be included in the delivery of DRAM chips.

     2. New features in this release:
        - Flash load via FTP, the CD server firmware can be updated via FTP. 
        - Factory default settings via FTP
        - New parameters in config.ini file (see details below)

     3. Improved performance


   
     Best regards

     AXIS COMMUNICATIONS AB


     Further information is available on request:

     Appendix A: Technical description of the release.

     Appendix B: Software limitations




     Appendix A - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF RELEASE          App A 

     Software version: 2.00
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     New features:

     1. Flash load via FTP
        The CD server firmware can be updated via FTP. This is how to do it:
        1. Retrieve the updated firmware file from Axis(http://www.axis.se/)
           or your local distributor.
        2. Start FTP session >ftp "CD-server hostname"
        3. Login as "root" (default password: "pass", could be edited in
           the config file)
        4. Type "binary", to select binary file transfer mode
        5. >put "firmware file" flash
        6. After completed download the CD-server will restart with the new
           firmware.
        7. Leave ftp session >quit

     2. Factory default via FTP
        When logged in as root (described above) you could give the command:
        ftp>get defaults
        All your settings in the config.ini file and the different volume
        files will be reset to factory settings.

     3. New parameters in config.ini file

 
        (104)FactoryDefaults      = no                   ; yes/no
        If you set this parameter to "yes", save the file and restart the
        CD-server all settings will be reset to factory default. All your
        settings in the config.ini file and the different volume files will
        be lost.

        (304)BOOTPEnable          = yes                  ; yes/no
        (305)RARPEnable           = yes                  ; yes/no

        (403)SMBFrameType         = auto                 ; auto/802_2/dix
        To make the CD-server available quickly after a reboot (and limit
        network load) you should manually select the required frametype.
        When "auto" is selected the CD-server will negotiate on the network
        after each reboot to select most common frametype. 

        (601)FTPPassword          = pass
        Password used when logging in as "root" via FTP.                
     



     Corrected bugs:

     4. A problem opening Windows helpfiles (located on a CD) with a Win95
        client has been solved in V2.00.

     5. Hidden files on CD-ROM's may now be read. They will appear as normal
        files.

     6. SCSI now handles old drives using 512 bytes blocks instead of 2048
        bytes.

     7. Handles ISO-9660 and High Sierra file systems with extended
        attributes correctly.

     8. Deals correctly with seek from end of file with offset 0 in SMB (NT
        clients do that occasionally).

     9. Behaves correctly when volume titles contain illegal characters. In
        this case a random title (CD_XXXXX) is generated automatically.

     10. A problem reading files from some CD's has been corrected. The 
         problem has been detected for CD's created with Kodak Multiwrite and 
         Kodak PCD 22. The CD server did not correctly read/copy files, located 
         close to the end of the data sector on these CD's.

     11. A problem saving the config.ini file in some UNIX versions (SUN OS 4)
         has been corrected.








     Appendix B - SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS

     Software version: 2.00
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     1. Installing and running Microsoft Encarta 96 with a Windows 95 client
        will not work if you map according to the manual. Workaround: 
        Use the path \\AXIS<nnnnnn>\. when mapping. That is instead of
        mapping "root", "cd" or the actual volume name use only ".".