CD-ROM drives from which booting Visopsys works
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:26 pm
If you ever wondered why your system couldn't boot the Visopsys CD, the reason might be its CD-ROM drive.
The CDROM code in Visopsys is apparently quite finicky, and many drives have issues, thus making booting from them impossible; trying to boot from such a drive results in a device error.
I have tested most of the spare drives in my possession and I have compiled two lists: the first one lists the working drives, the second one the non-working ones.
Obviously the lists are incomplete, but they can be an useful starting point: if you happen to have one of the drives listed, you will know it doesn't currently work, or that you may swap an incompatible drive in a system with a compatible one.
That is, until the CDROM code is fixed, which will be obviously the best solution!
Working drives
The CDROM code in Visopsys is apparently quite finicky, and many drives have issues, thus making booting from them impossible; trying to boot from such a drive results in a device error.
I have tested most of the spare drives in my possession and I have compiled two lists: the first one lists the working drives, the second one the non-working ones.
Obviously the lists are incomplete, but they can be an useful starting point: if you happen to have one of the drives listed, you will know it doesn't currently work, or that you may swap an incompatible drive in a system with a compatible one.
That is, until the CDROM code is fixed, which will be obviously the best solution!
Working drives
- Mitsumi CRMC-FX4830T
Pioneer DVR-112D
BenQ 4816P
TEAC CD-W548E
BenQ DW1620
LG GCE-8525B
Ultima CHA-50
GoldStar (LG) CRD-8482B
ASUS CD-S520/A
LG GCE-8520B
SmartPro DVDRW 2016IM
LG CRD-8520B
Pioneer DR-744
Creative CD4834E
LG GCR-8520B
LG GCR-8521B
LG CRD-8522B
- Creative CD5233E
HP LTN-489S
Panasonic/Matsushita SR-8585-B (Apple)
LG GDR-8162B
Panasonic/Matsushita CR-851-M
Top-G BCD-G621D
A-Open CD-932E/AKU
Philips PCA403CD
Pioneer DVR-110D
BTC/Top-G BCD-F562B