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D
Installing From Diskette
This appendix describes how to create installation diskettes from the
EtherCD.
If your PC does not have a CD-ROM drive, access a PC that has a CD-ROM drive and
create installation diskettes from the
EtherCD
.
You can also download the
EtherCD
software and place it on diskettes from the 3Com
World Wide Web site:
http://www.3com.com/
Before you start, make sure that you have two blank, formatted diskettes. Label the
diskettes
EtherDisk 1 and EtherDisk 2
.
■
EtherDisk
1 contains:
■
NDIS 3/4/5 drivers
■
NetWare server drivers
■
Windows for Workgroup drivers
■
NIC preinstallation program
■
README.TXT file
■
EtherDisk
2 contains:
■
NDIS 2 driver
■
PACKET driver
■
Help text files
■
DOS utilities
To create installation diskettes from the
EtherCD
:
1
Turn on the power to the PC and start Windows.
2
Insert the
EtherCD
in the CD-ROM drive.
The
EtherCD
Welcome screen appears.
If the
EtherCD
Welcome screen does not appear, enter the following command from
the Run option of the Windows Start menu:
d:\installs\setup.exe
where d:\ represents the letter name of the CD-ROM drive.
3
Click
NIC Software
.
4
Click
NIC Drivers and Diagnostics
.
5
Click
Installation Utilities
.
6
Click
Create Installation Diskettes.
The
EtherCD
Diskette Creation Utility Welcome screen appears.
NOTE:
The installation diskettes allow you to install only the driver. If you want to
install the NIC diagnostics or desktop management software, you must install
them from the
EtherCD
.