> ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive
> after trying to load UDVD2 (3-05-2015).
of course it would be cool to read the error message form UDVD2
itself, otherwise "ERROR:bla" is not very helpful ;<<<
> This is on a Dell Latitude, so not just some obscure 3rd party Chinese
> knock-off... :(
> And I think this is a prime example where we are shooting ourselves in
> the foot by being so insistent on using OSS stuff, instead of using
> something like OAKCDROM.SYS, which is freely available (though not Open
> Source) for decades and JUST WORKS!
a) UDVD2 works on 99+% of existing machines, otherwise we
would know it. we simply don't know if OAKCDROM.SYS also works on 99+%
of machines, or - more impotantly - on more machines then UDVD2
b) being open source, Jack or others could at least in theory fix
UDVD2. probably unfeasable for OAKCDROM (should it fail)
c) running
DEVLOAD OAKCDROM.SYS some arguments
should fix your problems
d) unfortunately errorprocessing in config.sys is not possible.
it still might be possible to
devload UDVD2.SYS blablabla
if exist CDROM\NUL goto success
devload OAKCDROM.SYS blablabla
if exist CDROM\NUL goto success
echo SORRY
> But beside this issue, please don't ignore my suggestion to replace the
> currently used FDISK 1.2.1 with the latest 1.3.4 ASAP...
+1
Tom
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