Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

[Bret Johnson via Freedos-user]

> The driver providing an issue is one called vide_cdd

I found this reference to the file:

https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/VIDE-CDD.SYS

It doesn't mention any compatibility issues, but does say it's very small 
compared to most other drivers which may be why it has problems (there might be 
something missing that needs to be in there).

It also seems to indicate it's a "generic" IDE driver so should work with many 
CD drives.

> Do you know of a comparative substitute?

I think I would try OAKCDROM.SYS.  I see it referenced a lot as a good driver 
that works with many IDE CD drives.  I just looked and the one I use on my 
desktop computer is called AOATAPI.SYS, but I don't remember how I came to use 
that one -- I set it up a long time ago and my memory is not that good.  I 
think you should be able to search the Internet and find a way to download both 
of those.  I rarely use CDs myself, but am adding support for USB CD/DVD drives 
to my USB drivers.

> Would that substitute have to work with only specific cdrom or
> dvdrom drives?

I think either OAKCDROM or AOATAPI should work with most CD/DVD drives.  As I 
stated earlier, very early CD drives were proprietary and needed 
hardware-specific drivers, but after IDE & ATAPI became popular things became 
pretty standardized and generic drivers will work with most hardware.


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