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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