OSINOFER - OPEN FILE ERRORS DURING FIRST PHASE OF INSTALLATION
10/25/96
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Open File Errors during First Phase of Installation
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DESCRIPTION

During the first phase of installation, a message states that "an error 
occurred when system installation tried to open a file" and the system 
locks up. The error log points to unpack problems.

RESOLUTION

1. Insert the OS/2 Warp 4 Installation Diskette in drive A: and the
    OS/2 Warp 4 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive; restart the system.

2. Insert Diskettes 1 and 2 when prompted. 
 
3. At the Easy/Advanced screen, press F3 to escape to a command prompt.

4. Change to the drive where you are trying to install OS/2.

5. Type DIR *.CHK, then press Enter. 

   If any .CHK files exist, type DEL *.CHK, then press Enter.

6. Change to the CD-ROM drive.

7. Type CD \OS2IMAGE\DISK_3, then press Enter. (This is the location of 
   the CHKDSK command.)

8. Type CHKDSK C: /F, then press Enter (where C: is the OS/2 drive).
   Repeat this command until no error messages occur.

9. Type CD \OS2IMAGE\DISK_2, then press Enter.

10. Type EXIT, then press Enter, to restart the installation.





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