3Com EtherLink
EtherLink PCI Network Interface Card User Guide
Installing From Diskette 

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Installing From Diskette

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 from the 3Com World Wide Web site:

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/

     

     

    The installation diskettes allow you to install the network driver only. If you want to install the NIC diagnostics or desktop management software, you must install them from the EtherCD.

Before you start, make sure that you have two blank, formatted diskettes. Label the diskettes EtherDisk 1 and EtherDisk 2.

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.
  3. 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.
  4. Click NIC Software.
  5. Click NIC Drivers and Diagnostics.
  6. Click Installation Utilities.
  7. Click Create Installation Diskettes.
  8. The EtherCD Diskette Creation Utility Welcome screen appears.
  9. Click Next.
  10. Insert the blank, formatted diskette labeled EtherDisk 1 in the PC, and then click Next.
  11. Files are copied.
  12. Remove the disk and insert the disk labeled EtherDisk 2 when prompted, and then click OK.
  13. Files are copied. The diskette creation is complete.
     

     

    For instructions on using the installation diskettes to install the network driver, see the text file for your operating system in the HELP directory on the EtherCD.