INSTALLING WARP, GETTING SYS0045 ON WINDOWS DISK #1

Last updated: 27 Dec 1994

DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS

    Installing OS/ WARP passed the first phase and onto the second
    phase of the installation, when asks to insert the WINDOWS
    DISK #1, will received a " SYS0045 sector can't be found ... "
    If going into OS/2 and DIR on the WINDOWS DISKS, it is ok, but if
    trying to copy, xcopy any files from the WINDOWS DISKS to the
    hardfile, result the same error SYS0045 message.

SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION

    User has changed the floppy drives around and did not update
    the CMOS to reflects the changes.

DETAILS OF RESOLUTION

    User must go into the system CMOS and make sure the floppy
    drives are setup correctly.
    Example: If changed the 1.44mb drive from B: to A:, and the 1.2mb
             drive from A: to B:, on the Setup on the CMOS should
             reflect that 1.44mb as an A: drive and 1.2mb as an B:
             drive.







Source

ftp://software.watson.ibm.com/pub/os2/info/win045.txt
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