SUMMARY
On a machine where drive C is formatted for a FAT file system and
drive D is formatted for an HPFS, if you try to install OS/2 LAN
Manager into the D:\LANMAN.RC2D directory, the Setup program attempts
to do this even though it is not possible.
This shouldn't be possible because during installation the Setup
program must put the HPFS.386 IFS file on drive C into the
C:\LANMAN.RC2D directory. "LANMAN.RC2D" is not considered a legal
directory name for drive C because it does not conform to the FAT
limitations of an 8.3 filename.
At the end of the installation, the computer displays error 206
-- cannot create the hpfs.386 file.
When you reboot the system, OS/2 hangs because C:\LANMAN.RC2D is first
on the path.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in OS/2 LAN Manager
versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.1a, and 2.2. We are researching this problem and
will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.