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Last Updated: 27th November, 1994
Last Updated: 27th November, 1994


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== Symptoms ==
== Symptoms ==
 
During installation the following message appears:
 
"The country information file A:\COUNTRY.SYS is incorrect.  The
  During installation the following message appears:
system is stopped.  Correct the preceding error and restart."
 
  "The country information file A:\COUNTRY.SYS is incorrect.  The
  system is stopped.  Correct the preceding error and restart."
 


== Hardware ==
== Hardware ==
 
3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives
 
  3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives
 


== Problem ==
== Problem ==
 
CMOS not set up properly; it thought the 3.5" A: drive was a 5.25" drive and that the 5.25" B: drive was a 3.5" drive.
 
  CMOS not set up properly; it thought the 3.5" A: drive was a 5.25"
  drive and that the 5.25" B: drive was a 3.5" drive.
 


== Fix ==
== Fix ==
 
Correct the CMOS settings.
 
  Correct the CMOS settings.
 


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
 
This could happen as the result of a bad CMOS battery, or from swapping the diskette drive cables and forgetting to re-set the CMOS information to match the change.
 
  This could happen as the result of a bad CMOS battery, or from
  swapping the diskette drive cables and forgetting to re-set the
  CMOS information to match the change.
 


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[[Frank McKenney]]
[[Frank McKenney]]


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Latest revision as of 21:54, 12 April 2020

Last Updated: 27th November, 1994

Symptoms

During installation the following message appears:

"The country information file A:\COUNTRY.SYS is incorrect.  The
system is stopped.  Correct the preceding error and restart."

Hardware

3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives

Problem

CMOS not set up properly; it thought the 3.5" A: drive was a 5.25" drive and that the 5.25" B: drive was a 3.5" drive.

Fix

Correct the CMOS settings.

Notes

This could happen as the result of a bad CMOS battery, or from swapping the diskette drive cables and forgetting to re-set the CMOS information to match the change.


Frank McKenney