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- From: sksahay@toprak.ecn.uoknor.edu (Sumant Kumar Sahay)
- Subject: How to safely recover from Ctrl-Alt-Del?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.010213.16098@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Sender: usenet@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu (Nets)
- Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 01:02:13 GMT
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- I have recently installed OS/2 v2.0 XR02000 with FAT and dual boot.
- A Windows user took a look at my OS/2 system and in order to revert it
- to the native mode DOS, saved the Autoexec.bat as Autoexec.os2, copied
- Autoexec.001 to Autoexec.bat, and did the three finger salute
- (a la Ctrl-Alt-Del).
- The result was the following message -
-
- OS/2 !! SYS01195
- The system cannot find the file "C:\COUNTRY\SYS". This device driver,
- program, or data file is not located in the default path specified
- for it in the CONFIG.SYS file. Install this file in the correct
- directory, or correct the appropriate CONFIG.SYS file statement.
-
- The system is stopped.
-
- Correct the preceding error and restart the system.
-
-
- My question is, can I *safely* boot from A drive using a DOS 5.0 boot
- disk, make the necessary changes and the reboot the computer (i.e.
- hit the red button.) I was not able to make the boot disk, yet, for
- OS/2 as I was looking for the SYS command in OS/2 and HELP SYS did not
- work. Meanwhile, I am still searching for my original OS/2
- installation disks.
-
- Another question that comes to mind is, shouldn't the Autoexec.bat
- file for OS/2 be named Autoexec.cmd? At least, then it would be
- a deterrent for such mishaps.
-
- Sumant Sahay
- email: sksahay@toprak.ecn.uoknor.edu
-