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- OSDICNTY - COUNTRY.SYS ERROR ON BOOTUP
- 10/19/94
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- COUNTRY.SYS ERROR ON BOOTUP
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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-
- SYMPTOMS:
-
- After OS/2 is installed and running for some time a "COUNTRY.SYS
- not found" error appears when you start the system. The main
- reasons for this error are:
-
- 1. The OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file is corrupted or deleted.
- 2. OS/2 cannot load a driver for the boot drive.
- 3. The OS/2 drive letter has been remapped.
-
- RESOLUTION:
-
- 1.
- If the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file is deleted from the root directory
- or is corrupt, attempting to boot OS/2 results in a
- COUNTRY.SYS error. Copy a backup CONFIG.SYS to the root
- directory, then restart the system.
-
- NOTE: C: deonotes the drive where OS/2 is located.
-
- 1. Insert the OS/2 installation diskette into drive A and
- restart the system.
- 2. Insert Diskette 1 when prompted and press Enter.
- 3. At the Welcome screen, press Esc to go to the A prompt.
- 4. Type the following to rename the CONFIG.SYS file:
-
- REN C:\CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.OLD
-
- NOTE: If CONFIG.SYS has been deleted an error message appears.
-
- 5. Copy the CONFIG.SYS from the \INSTALL directory to the
- root directory:
-
- COPY C:\OS2\INSTALL\CONFIG.SYS C:\
-
- 6. Restart the system.
-
-
- 2.
- If OS/2 cannot load the driver for the hard disk, then the
- COUNTRY.SYS error occurs. For example, if you have an IDE hard
- disk and the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS does not contain the line:
- BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
- when OS/2 is started, the COUNTRY.SYS error may appear. It is
- necessary to edit the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS and add the appropriate
- BASEDEV statement.
-
- If you have DOS on the machine and OS/2 is not on an HPFS
- partition, you can use a DOS editor to edit the OS/2
- CONFIG.SYS. If OS/2 is on an HPFS partition, it may be
- necessary to copy the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS to a diskette and then
- edit the file.
-
-
- 3.
- If another hard disk is added to a system, the logical
- partitions on the first hard disk is remapped if the new
- drive contains a primary partition. For instance, assume you
- have a hard disk with a C primary DOS partition and a D logical
- OS/2 partition. If a second hard disk is added and given a
- primary partition, the primary partition on the second hard disk
- will take the D drive letter and force the OS/2 partition to take
- the E drive letter. Since paths to all OS/2 drivers in the
- CONFIG.SYS are still pointing to the D drive, when OS/2 is booted
- the COUNTRY.SYS error is returned. There are two options in this
- case:
-
- OPTION1: Delete the primary partition on the second drive and
- recreate it as a logical partition:
- a. Start the system from OS/2 diskettes and press Esc
- at the Welcome screen to go to the A: prompt.
- b. With Diskette 1 still in the A drive, type FDISK at
- the A: prompt.
- c. Delete the primary partition on the second hard
- disk.
- WARNING: If this partition contains data, make sure you back up
- the data on the drive before deleting it.
- d. Create a logical partition in its place.
- e. Save the changes and exit FDISK.
- f. Restart the system.
-
- OPTION2: Change all references in the CONFIG.SYS from OS2's
- former drive letter to its new drive letter. In the
- example above, all references to D would be changed to
- E.
-
- DEVICE=D:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
-
- becomes
-
- DEVICE=E:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
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