About GCDROM

The GCDROM is SATA Native IDE CD/DVD-ROM driver ( **not support legacy mode PATA ) for DOS.

• It support all SATA Native IDE controller, such as Intel ICH6/ICH7/ICH8, Jmicron 363/368, NVidia CK804/MCP55/MCP51 etc....
• The source code derive from XCDROM project.

Download

• download example.
• Ver.2.3  : download source (GPL)
• Ver.2.4 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdromdosdrv/ (ODD_DOS_driver)

CONFIG.SYS

• determine number to detect 1st/2nd/3th SATA native ide controller

DEVICE=IDE\GCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000 /C0   

DEVICE=IDE\GCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /C1

DEVICE=IDE\GCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD002 /C2

 

AUTOEXEC.BAT

• Link drive letter to cdrom drive

MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /D:MSCD001 /D:MSCD002

ScreenShot

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Result

 

 

< xml="true" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" prefix="o" namespace="">IDE Controller Chip	XCDROM.SYS Ver 2.2	GCDROM.SYS Ver 2.3
Jmicron 363/368 PATA Native IDE	Fail	OK
Jmicron 363 SATA Native IDE	Fail	OK
ICH8/ICH7/ICH6 SATA Native IDE	Fail	OK
NVidia CK804/MCP55/51 SATA Native IDE	Fail	OK
ICH7/ICH6 Legacy mode PATA IDE	OK	Not support legacy mode PATA