OSWSDISK - PROBLEMS CAUSED BY IMPROPER HARD DISK FORMAT
09/09/96
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             Problems Caused by Improper Hard Disk Format
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DESCRIPTION

The following are indications that a hard disk is improperly formatted 
and requires a long format:

* During installation, a red screen is displayed with an XCOPY error 
  message stating that the OS/2 Warp Server SMP installation failed.

* If you use the DIR command, it displays the message:
   
   SYS0278: The system cannot find the extended attribute.

* The volume label has strange symbols and characters in it.

* When you run CHKDSK, FDISK, or FDISKPM, the file system displayed for 
  a partition is FAT, even though you formatted the partition HPFS.

* When you run CHKDSK, it displays any of the following errors:

  - C:\ (drive label) attempted to claim an extended attribute that 
    does not exist.

  - The first cluster number of C:\(drive label) is correct.

  - The entry has been truncated.

* If you try to start up from installation disks and run CHKDSK /F, the 
  following error is displayed:

  The current hard disk drive is: C:
  The type of file system for the disk is FAT
  SYS0108: The disk is in use or locked by another process 

RESOLUTION

If the hard disk exhibits any of the symptoms described above you can 
use the following steps to perform a long format of the hard drive:

Note: Make sure you backup any data on the drive before following this 
      procedure.

1. Restart the system with the Installation Diskette and Install 
   Diskette 1.

2. At the blue Welcome screen, press F3 to escape to an OS/2 command
   prompt.

3. At the OS/2 command prompt, type one of the following commands and
   press Enter:

    * For a FAT partition:

      E:\OS2IMAGE\DISK_2\FORMAT D: /FS:FAT /L

    * For an HPFS partition:

      E:\OS2IMAGE\DISK_2\FORMAT D: /FS:HPFS /L

      Where E: is the CD-ROM drive and D: is the partition you are 
      installing OS/2 Warp Server SMP on.

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