OSINASME - AN ERROR OCCURRED WHEN SYSTEM INSTALLATION TRIED TO ALLOCATE 
A SEGMENT OF MEMORY
12/02/96

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An Error Occurred when System Installation Tried to Allocate a Segment 
of Memory
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DESCRIPTION

During installation of OS/2 Warp 4, the following error message occurs:

An error occurred when system installation tried to allocate a segment 
of memory.

RESOLUTION

This error usually occurs when there are bad sectors on the hard disk. 
To resolve:

1. Back up any necessary files on the hard disk partition
   where you are installing OS/2 Warp.

2. Restart the system with the OS/2 Warp 4 Installation Diskette;
   insert Diskettes 1 and 2 when prompted.

3. At the Easy/Advanced Installation screen, escape to a command prompt 
   by pressing F3.

4. Change to the \OS2IMAGE\DISK_3 directory on the OS/2 Warp 4 CD-ROM.

5. Type FORMAT X: /L, then press Enter 

   where:

      X: is the hard disk partition where you are installing OS/2 
      /L indicates Long Format, which helps to clear up bad sectors

warp4
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