[GH-ISSUE #17] 86Box VM with a MO (Magneto-Optical) drive crashes the installer #16

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opened 2026-03-03 18:48:12 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @SoftwareGuy on GitHub (Nov 8, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall/issues/17

The chances of people having a MO (Magneto-Optical) drive would probably be pretty slim, but in 86Box if you try to add one that doesn't have any medium inserted into it and run the installer, when it gets to the CFDisk part, it'll crash with a Guru Meditation about it being unable to determine the hard disk type.

Might be very much a edge usage case, but worth bullet-proofing?

Originally created by @SoftwareGuy on GitHub (Nov 8, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall/issues/17 The chances of people having a MO (Magneto-Optical) drive would probably be pretty slim, but in 86Box if you try to add one that doesn't have any medium inserted into it and run the installer, when it gets to the CFDisk part, it'll crash with a Guru Meditation about it being unable to determine the hard disk type. ![Monitor_1_20241107-233845-174](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c151e36a-f49e-45de-a500-51b19459108e) Might be very much a edge usage case, but worth bullet-proofing?

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@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024):

Eh???? Okay that is weird :D

EDIT: Okay, turns out the TYPE field in lsblk can have many different values. I'll just ignore these drives then. Fixed!

@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024): Eh???? Okay that is weird :D EDIT: Okay, turns out the TYPE field in lsblk can have many different values. I'll just ignore these drives then. Fixed!