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Country.SYS errors during install 7/19/94
File:OSDICNTY.fax
TITLE: Country.sys error on bootup
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:
After OS/2 has been installed and running for some time a
'COUNTRY.SYS not found' error is returned on bootup. There are
three main causes of this error in these circumstances:
1) The OS/2 config.sys file has been corrupted or deleted.
2) OS/2 cannot load a driver for the boot drive.
3) The OS/2 drive letter has been remapped.
DETAILS OF RESOLUTION:
1) If the OS/2 config.sys file is deleted from the root directory or
is corrupt, attempting to boot OS/2 will result in a
COUNTRY.SYS error. In this case a backup config.sys can be
copied into the root directory and OS/2 can then be booted:
a) Insert the OS/2 installation disk into drive A and reboot.
b) Insert Disk1 and press <ENTER> when prompted.
c) Hit ESC at the 'Welcome to OS/2' screen to get A prompt.
d) Rename the config.sys file:
REN C:\CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.OLD
Note: If config.sys has been deleted an error will appear.
e) Copy the config.sys from the \INSTALL directory to the root
directory:
COPY C:\OS2\INSTALL\CONFIG.SYS C:\
e) Reboot the computer (Note: if OS/2 is not on the C drive
then use the appropriate drive letter).
2) If OS/2 is not able to load a driver for the hard drive then the
COUNTRY.SYS error will occur. For example, if you have an IDE
hard drive and the OS/2 config.sys does not contain the line:
BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
then when OS/2 is booted the COUNTRY.SYS error may appear.
At this point it will be 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 then you can use a DOS editor to edit the OS/2
config.sys. If OS/2 is on an HPFS partition then it may be
necessary to copy the OS/2 config.sys to a floppy disk and then
edit the file.
3) If another hard drive is added to a system, the logical partitions
on the first hard drive will be remapped if the added 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 drive 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) Boot from OS/2 diskettes and escape at the Welcome screen to
a command prompt.
b) With Disk1 still in the A drive type FDISK at the A: prompt.
c) Delete the primary partition on the second hard drive.
WARNING: If this partition contains data then you should 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, then reboot computer.
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, i.e.,
DEVICE=D:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
becomes
DEVICE=E:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
12/31/99