What's the best one to use for a PAL copy of Shenmue II on an American console?

After trying 4 different burned ones including codebreaker, it refused to boot. Codebreaker otherwise never lets me down with booting original import games.

The only boot disc I can get to work with this particular PAL game is my friends original copy of the Gameshark Cheats N codes Disc Vol. 1 which I obviously don't have nor want to buy.

Any suggestions besides modding or getting a modded console? Does anyone have this problem on their American console?