DFE-660TX Fast Ethernet PC Card User's Guide
Troubleshooting
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If you have not been through all of those steps, then you should not
be reading this. You should be in Chapter 3, Software Installation.
And you should be staying on track with your Quick Install run.
Continue reading here only if your Quick Install run is actually
obstructed by a system halt (so that you can only restore your control
of the notebook PC by a restart). And only if after your restart
(which provides assurance of a "clean" DOS environment) you have
tried Quick Install once more (and experienced the system halt once
more). Only then should you conclude that you must "unload the
conflicting network driver."
Stay Cool and Get Help
The first thing you need to know is that "unload the conflicting
network driver" is easier said than done. If you have easy access to a
network administrator (or other resident expert), now might be a
good time to go for help. If you do not have ready access to an
expert, then help may be available from the dealer who has supplied
your DFE-660TX, and you can also get help by calling D-Link
Technical Support at the D-Link office nearest to you (see the list of
office locations at the end of this User's Guide).
"Unload" Really Means "Avoid Loading at Startup"
It is true that driver programs and related software modules, such as
those supplied on your D-Link DFE-660TX Software Diskette, are
often written so that the addition of a "/u" switch or "-u" option to
the command line for loading the driver will cause unloading of the
same driver (if it is in fact already loaded). But such unloading is
only possible under special circumstances. So, as a practical matter,
what we really must do is avoid loading of the conflicting driver
upon startup of the notebook PC.
A software installation procedure (such as "Quick Install 16-bit
Driver for DOS NetWare Client") copies the necessary drivers and
related modules from the supplied DFE-660TX Software Diskette,
into the target directory of the notebook PC's hard drive or other
