Method of booting a computer system with identifying a CD-ROM di

Details Method of booting a computer system with identifying a CD-ROM di Method of booting a computer system with identifying a CD-ROM di

1997-12-23

1999-09-14

Palys, Joseph E.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

713 2, 713100, 709301, G06F 9445

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059516844

ABSTRACT:
A method of booting a computer system with identifying the type of a CD-ROM disk drive of the computer system, the method comprising the steps of: producing an ATAPI IDENTIFY DRIVE command and outputting the ATAPI IDENTIFY DRIVE command to an IDE controller; reading information memorized in a memory of the CD-ROM disk drive in response to the ATAPI IDENTIFY DRIVE command; comparing the information with a predetermined set of internal CD-ROM disk drive information, and determining the type of the CD-ROM disk drive; and selecting a device driver according to the type of the CD-ROM disk drive, and loading the device driver on a memory.

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