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Atapi and DVD-RW Dos booting

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Name: randy227
Date: November 29, 2004 at 11:19:22 Pacific
Subject: Atapi and DVD-RW Dos booting
OS: DOS
CPU/Ram: Pentium M

Comment:

I am trying to figure out why when initiating a NEC DVD-RW drive while booting from DOS it is slow. The drive does initiate eventually but takes about a minute to do it. I am using the basic Atapi.sys file that works on most cd/dvd drives. Anyone have any thoughts as to why it is slow.

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Response Number 1

Name: Petit Jean
Date: November 30, 2004 at 15:56:28 Pacific
Subject: Atapi and DVD-RW Dos booting

Reply: (edit)

http://www.nu2.nu/bootablecd/
Download eltorito.sys hardware independant cd/dvd driver.It is used where atapi.sys use is questionable.The above Bart's site is a must reference.Good luck.

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Response Number 2

Name: melee5
Date: November 30, 2004 at 22:34:26 Pacific
Subject: Atapi and DVD-RW Dos booting

Reply: (edit)

I've always attributed the lag to the drive trying to decide exactly what kind of a disk it has in it and then accessing the data on it. They should have put RW boot CD at the top of the list instead of at the bottom?
Not only do I have to change Boot order in my BIOS to pull off a CD boot but I have to change the boot speed to slow or the CD will fail to boot.

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