Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 3CR990-TX-97 3Com
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C ON TENT S Inst al ling Fr om Disk ette 5 Making a DOS-Bo otable Disk ette 5 Crea ting Inst alla tion Disket tes 6 I nsta lli ng Ne twor k Dri ve rs 7 W indo ws 2 000 7 W indo ws 9 8 8 W indo ws 9 5 9 W indo ws NT 4 . 0 12 V eri fy in g S uccess ful Ins ta llat ion 13 W indo ws 2 000 13 W indo ws 9 8/95 14 W indo ws NT 4 .
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Installi ng From Diskette 5 This gu ide explains installing ne twork drivers from floppy diskettes for the 3Com ® EtherLink ® 10/100 PCI network interface car d (NIC) with 3XP processor (3CR990 fami ly ). It is inte n ded to be used with compu ters t hat ar e not equippe d with a CD-ROM drive.
6 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE using installation d isket tes. For m ore inf ormat ion ab out installation disk ettes, see the nex t section. T o make a DOS-bootable diskette: 1 Insert a b lank, fo rmatte d diske tte in d rive A .
I nstalling Net work Drivers 7 Files ar e copied . EtherDis k 2 c ontains: ■ NetW are cli ent and s er ver driv ers ■ PA C K E T d r i v e r ■ Help text fi les The diskett e creati on is complete. For instruc tions on using the ins tall ation d iskettes to install the network d river , see the ne xt sect ion .
8 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE 7C l i c k Fi ni sh . The System Settings Change screen appea rs, pr ompting you to r estart the computer . 8 Rem ove any remaining diske tte fr om drive A, and the n click Ye s to r e star t t he compu ter .
I nstalling Net work Drivers 9 The In sert Disk s cree n appears, r equesti ng that y ou i nsert the W indows 98 disk. 7R e m o v e EtherDis k 1 , in sert the Wind ows 98 installat ion diskette in drive A, and click OK .
10 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE T o i nstal l the NI C dri ver and softwar e in a PC o r serv er running W indows 95: 1 M ake sur e that the NIC is installe d in the PC and conn ected to the netw ork. 2 T urn the PC po wer on .
I nstalling Net work Drivers 11 ■ If this is the first ti me that net working is bei ng installed on your PC, a messa ge is di splayed indicating that you must provide comp uter and work gr oup name s that wil l identi fy this comp uter on the netwo rk.
12 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE b Enter a password. Click OK . ■ If this is t he firs t time that networking is being installed on your PC, the Set W indow s Password dialog box appears and a message is displayed indicating that you must c onfirm your just-entere d ne w passw ord.
V erifying S uccessf ul In stallatio n 13 The Select Network Ad a pter dialog box appears. 6C l i c k Have Di sk . The In sert Disk dial og box ap pear s. 7 Ins ert Eth erDisk 1 in drive A, make sur e that A: appea rs i n the entry box , an d then click OK .
14 E THER L INK S ER VER 10/100 P CI N IC Q UICK S TA RT G UIDE The abs ence of a red X or a yellow exclam atio n point (!) next to the name of the NIC confirms succe ssful i nstallation and correct opera t ion.
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