Err Msg: Setup Is Unable to Identify Your Hard Drive's... (122159)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q122159

SYMPTOMS

The following error is displayed when you run Setup on a system with a SCSI device that is not a hard disk drive and is set to ID 0 or ID 1:
Setup is unable to identify your hard drive's startup partition.

CAUSE

SCSI ID 0 and ID 1 are reserved for SCSI hard disks. Setup treats devices mounted as SCSI ID 1 or ID 0 as hard disk devices. The device given ID 0 or ID 1 does not respond as appropriate, generating the above error message.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, reconfigure the device to ID 2 or higher and then rerun Setup.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/22/1999
Keywords:KB122159
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