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Follow these instructions to install 3Com software while you are installing the
network operating system. (This procedure is often called “performing a fresh
installation.”)
Windows Fresh
Installation
For installation requirements, see
Installation Requirements on page 7
To display the Help system during the driver installation, click
Help
on any 3Com
window.
Windows NT
For instructions, see the Readme file in the WINNT directory on the 3Com
EtherLink Server CD.
Windows 2000
During the Windows 2000 installation, the Hardware Wizard detects installed
NICs and installs drivers it finds for them from the Windows 2000 CD. If you want
to install the latest software from the 3Com EtherLink Server CD after you finish
installing Windows 2000, restart the server and follow the instructions for
Windows 2000 in
Updating Software in Windows on page 16
NetWare Fresh
Installation
These instructions apply to NetWare versions 4.2 and 5.x.
Requirements
See
Installation Requirements on page 7
Software Installation Requirements
.
Installation Instructions
These instructions are for installing from the 3Com EtherLink Server NIC CD. If you
download 3Com software from the Web and make installation diskettes to use for
the installation, the steps are slightly different (you do not need to remove and
replace the NetWare CD).
1
Install the NIC hardware and connect it to the network.
2
Start the installation and proceed as usual until you reach the Device Types screen.
3
In the Device Types screen:
Locate the Network Boards field, and notice that there are no NICs listed. From the
Options menu, select
Modify
.
4
In the next screen, select Network Boards and press Enter.
5
Press Ins (Add a Board).
6
Press Ins (Add Unlisted Driver).
7
Remove the NetWare CD from the CD-ROM drive.
