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- OSINKRLD - ERRORS SYS2026,SYS2028,SYS3146 OS/2 2.X, WARP
- 10/19/94
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- ERROR MESSAGES SYS2026,SYS2028,SYS3146 OS/2 2.X, WARP
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- ERROR MESSAGES: SYS2026 OS2LDR CANNOT BE FOUND
- SYS2028 OS2KRNL CANNOT BE FOUND
- SYS3146 OS2LDR.MSG CANNOT BE FOUND
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- Please Read Entire Document For Full Explanation of Procedures
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-
- These are hidden system files and need to be in the root
- directory of the drive where OS/2 resides or is started.
-
- The error messages may appear separately or with a SYS2027.
- Error message SYS2027 is to restart your system.
-
- If you are installing, it is possible that one or more of the
- files may not have copied to hard disk.
-
- It is recommended to copy the necessary files to the hard disk
- because they may be corrupted. If OS/2 is installed and you
- receive the error messages, it is suggested to run CHKDSK before
- copying files to hard disk.
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- INSTRUCTIONS TO RUN CHKDSK ON OS/2 2.X, WARP:
-
- 1. Insert the Installation Diskette in drive A:
-
- 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
-
- 3. When prompted, remove Installation Diskette and insert
- Diskette 1.
-
- 4. Press Enter.
-
- 5. When the Welcome Screen appears,
- - For OS/2 WARP, press F3 to display a command prompt.
- - For OS/2 2.X, press Esc, to display command prompt.
-
- 6. Remove Diskette 1 and insert Diskette 2, which contains
- the CHKDSK command.
-
- If you installed from CD, insert CD into the CD-ROM drive:
- NOTE: X is your CD-ROM drive
-
- - For OS/2 WARP, press F3 to display the command prompt.
- Type: X: and press Enter.
- Type: OS2IMAGE and press Enter.
- Type: CD DISK_2 and press Enter.
-
- - For OS/2 2.X, the command prompts stops at CD drive in
- DISK_1 subdirectory, change to DISK_2 subdir, type:
-
- X:\OS2SE21\DISK_2
-
- 7. To correct errors on hard disk, type appropriate CHKDSK
- command followed by the drive on which OS/2 resides.
-
- (X: denotes drive where OS/2 resides...C:, D:, etc.)
-
- For FAT, type: CHKDSK X: /F
- For HPFS, type: CHKDSK X: /F:2
-
- 8. Press Enter to start the CHKDSK command.
-
- NOTE: If you have any errors, run the CHKDSK command
- repeatedly until ALL errors are cleared up.
-
- 9. Continue with the following steps to copy files to hard disk.
-
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- ERROR MESSAGE SYS2026 OS2LDR CANNOT BE FOUND
-
- Error message occurs while installing. It is not necessary to
- run CHKDSK.
-
- NOTE: X: is the drive where OS/2 resides.
-
-
- 1. Insert the Installation Diskette in drive A:
-
- 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
-
- 3. When prompted, remove Installation Diskette and insert
- Diskette 1.
-
- 4. Press Enter.
-
- 5. When the Welcome Screen appears,
- - For OS/2 WARP, press F3 to display a command prompt.
- - For OS/2 2.X, press Esc, to display command prompt.
-
- 6. At the A:> Type:
- COPY OS2LDR X:\ and press Enter
-
- 7. If you do not receive an error message, remove the diskette
- and restart the system.
-
- NOTE: If you get error message SYS2028 or SYS3146, DO NOT
- restart the system. Type the following to copy the
- files:
-
- COPY OS2LDR.MSG X:\ and press Enter
- COPY OS2KRNL X:\ and press Enter
-
- Remove the diskette and restart the system.
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- ERROR MESSAGE SYS2028 OS2KRNL CANNOT BE FOUND
-
- Error message occurs while installing. It is not necessary to
- run CHKDSK.
-
- 1. Insert the Installation Diskette in drive A:
-
- 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
-
- 3. When prompted, remove Installation Diskette and insert
- Diskette 1.
-
- 4. Press Enter.
-
- 5. When the Welcome Screen appears,
- - For OS/2 WARP, press F3 to display a command prompt.
- - For OS/2 2.X, press Esc, to display command prompt.
-
- 6. At the A:> Type,
- COPY OS2KRNL and press Enter
-
- 7. If you do not receive an error message, remove the diskette and
- restart the system.
-
- NOTE: If you get error message SYS2026 or SYS3146, DO NOT
- restart the system. Type the following to copy the
- files:
- COPY OS2LDR X:\ and press Enter
- COPY OS2LDR.MSG X:\ and press Enter
- Remove diskette and restart the system.
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- ERROR MESSAGE SYS3146 CANNOT BE FOUND
-
- Error message occurs while installing. It is not necessary to
- run CHKDSK.
-
- 1. Insert the Installation Diskette in drive A:
-
- 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
-
- 3. When prompted, remove Installation Diskette and insert
- Diskette 1.
-
- 4. Press Enter.
-
- 5. When the Welcome Screen appears,
- - For OS/2 WARP, press F3 to display a command prompt.
- - For OS/2 2.X, press Esc, to display command prompt.
-
- 6. At the A:> Type,
- COPY OS2LDR.MSG X:\ and press Enter
-
- 7. If you do not receive an error message, remove the diskette
- and restart the system.
-
- NOTE: If you get error message SYS2026 or SYS2028, DO NOT
- restart the system. Type the following to copy the
- files:
- COPY OS2LDR X:\ and press Enter
- COPY OS2KRNL X:\ and press Enter
- Remove the diskette and restart the system.
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- FOR ERROR MESSAGES IF OS/2 IS ALREADY INSTALLED
-
- OS/2 is already installed and you receive one or more of the
- following error messages:
- SYS2026
- SYS2028
- SYS3146
- Any of these error messages can be followed by SYS2027, which
- means to restart your system.
-
- 1. Do the CHKDSK procedure first.
-
- 2. Follow steps above for error message you receive.
-
- For example: If you receive SYS2026
- A. Run CHKDSK.
- B. Follow instructions for SYS2026 error message
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