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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!rigel.tamu.edu!wjb5106
  3. From: wjb5106@rigel.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
  4. Subject: Re: After OS2/2 Reinstallation, SYS005 Errors
  5. Message-ID: <18AUG199219103653@rigel.tamu.edu>
  6. News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
  7. Keywords: reinstall
  8. Sender: news@tamsun.tamu.edu (Read News)
  9. Organization: Texas A&M University
  10. References: <roelle.714160655@uars_mag> <1992Aug18.221104.28756@njitgw.njit.edu>
  11. Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:10:00 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Aug18.221104.28756@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes...
  15. >In article <roelle.714160655@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
  16. >>2. Deleting hidden files: "EA DATA. SF", "WP ROOT. SF", "OS2BOOT",
  17. >                            ^^^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^^^^^^^
  18.  
  19. >Big mistake!  You deleted all the extended attributes, but you didn't
  20. >clear the FAT flags that OS/2 uses to indicate the presence of EA's.
  21. >So, OS/2 thinks the file has EAs, but it can't load them.  Your only
  22. >solution now is to reformat the partition.
  23. > 
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  26. That sounds a bit extreme.  Why not try booting the OS/2 installation
  27. disks, hitting ESCape at the opening screen and running chkdsk (from
  28. the second floppy) to repair the drive?
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  31. _______________________________________________________________________
  32. Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University 
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