Microsoft KB Archive/69172

PROS29105004: System Hangs If DIR Is Used on Unformatted HD PSS ID Number: Q69172 Article last modified on 06-25-1991 PSS database name: O_Os2SDK

1.21

OS/2

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: OS29105004

SYMPTOMS The system will hang if both of the following occur:

  The primary hard disk has been partitioned and has not yet been formatted.   OS/2 is booted from the Install disk and one of the following commands is used: [A:] dir C:''. -or- [A:] dir C:''.abc 

RESOLUTION Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in OS/2 version 1.21. This problem was corrected in OS/2 version 1.3.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.