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IBM PC - Hang/format failure installing OS/2 on 2GB drive
Applicable to: World-Wide
Symptom :
Installing OS/2 2.11 or OS/2 WARP 3.0 on a 2Gb or larger hardfile may cause the system to hang or display a red screen error message indicating that the format has failed.
Problem Isolation Aids :
If the 2Gb drive is partitioned to use 100% of the drive or a partition size greater than 2047Mb, OS/2 will fail to install. Drives that are formatted HPFS may exhibit a system hang during the format procedure. Drives formatting FAT may display a red screen error message indicating that formatting has failed.
This failure can occur on any brand of system during the installation of OS/2 on an IDE or SCSI hardfile with a partition size greater than 2047Mb.
Fix :
Accept the option to format the partition (FDISK) during the installation of OS/2. Ensure that the partition size selected is less than 2047Mb. The DOS FDISK command may also be used to format the partition to less than 2047Mb prior to the installation of OS/2.
SAS Keywords :
PSY2 PSVP IBMPC PSVPPROG
PSY2PROG PSVPERR PSY2ERR LOCKUP
52155 PC365 HUNG PC 300
PC 330 PC 350 PC 700 PC 730
PC 750 D/T6571 D/T6573 D/T6581
D/T6583 D/T6575 D/T6585 D/T6576
D/T6586 D/T6598 D/T6577 D/T6587
D/T6560 D/T6260 D/T6875 D/T6876
D/T6877 D/T6885 D/T6886 D/T6887
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Retain, Hard Drives, OS/2 | |
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Date Created |
19-09-96 | |
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Last Updated |
19-11-98 | |
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Revision Date |
19-11-99 | |
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Brand |
IBM PC | |
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Product Family |
PC 330, PC 340, PC 350, PC 360, PC 365, PC 730, PC 750 | |
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Machine Type |
6571, 6573, 6575, 6576, 6577, 6560, 6581, 6583, 6585, 6586, 6587, 6598, 6589, 6875, 6876, 6877, 6885, 6886, 6887 | |
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various | |
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Retain Tip (if applicable) |
H134030 | |
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