SMI chips, such an alternative can be made by controllers from Innostor already mentioned above. And the ability to flash two CDROM-section, there are only the latest chips, line CBM2098 and CBM2099. And the likelihood of finding a USB flash drive of a suitable size on it is extremely small. And the process of creation is longer and more dreary. Yes and MODE32 limited to only two simultaneously working SDROM amy.Ĭontrollers Chipsbank, least of all I liked in this regard. Of those that I tried, slightly more than half were suitable for work in this specific mode. With chips from Phison, although everything is done much easier, only under MODE32 not all flash drives are suitable. In the same article, two videos are inserted that I specially recorded for you, in case the letters turn out to be too tough. At the same time, disk images can be changed in a couple of clicks, bypassing the flashing procedures, which minimizes subsequent risks to the limit! On the USBDev portal, you can familiarize yourself with detailed instructions to create up to 7 simultaneously operating SDROMs. These are my favorites SMI controllers, some flash drives on Phison and used in Chinese counterfeits chips Chipsbank. Speaking specifically about simultaneously working CD-ROM areas on the flash drive, then I was able to curb only a few controller manufacturers. SEVERAL CDROM PARTITIONS ON ONE FLASH DRIVE In the same place, you can familiarize yourself with complete list, suitable for this case a piece of iron flash drives.
For example, controllers Alcor, have never had a good downloadability and in general this is not their topic.Īnd here are the chips Innostor who became famous for their USB3.0 models, although they are crooked to load, but they can carry up to 6 ISO-disk images!īelow, utilities for manufacturers will be considered USB-controllers capable of working with CD-section. If you do not old computer, then other models will do, but still not all. So, chips from the first group cannot be converted into MODE30, but only in MODE21 which contains an additional flash- a section that negatively affects the compatibility level. All controllers can be conditionally divided into two groups, in the first so-called PS2XXX (for example PS2232 and PS2239) WITH Phison, problems of a slightly different order, which are only indirectly related to the efficiency of loading. Have SMI-chips, the highest loadability from under BIOS showed models SM3257AA and those older (for example SM3257ENAA and SM3257ENLT) I personally, for use as LiveUSB and reinstallation Windows, only recommend controllers SMI and Phison since they are most compatible with older motherboards. Therefore, the successful outcome of loading any component as from a normal CD-drive, mainly depends on the compatibility of the particular controller with a specific motherboard on which you are booting.
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Loading from CD- The area of the flash drive usually works everywhere.īut it should be understood that using a flash drive as boot device from BIOS is not the intended purpose of this controller function.Ī main function CDROM-the area is so that a specific manufacturer of a flash drive can place there the necessary software for encryption, protection against viruses, or just some kind of advertising information.
CD-partitions on a flash drive allow you to boot without problems on a PC, where booting from a regular flash drive (with Public-section flash drive) impossible.