3Com 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-TX-95 User Manual

EtherLink® 10/100 PCI
NIC with 3XP Processor
Diskette Installation
User Guide

Diskette network driver installation
instructions for the following network
interface cards:

3CR990-TX-95
3CR990-TX-97
3CR990SVR95
3CR990SVR97

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Part No. 09-1809-001
Published May 2000

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ONTENTS

Installing From Diskette 5

Making a DOS-Bootable Diskette 5
Creating Installation Diskettes 6

Installing Network Drivers 7

Windows 2000 7
Windows 98 8
Windows 95 9
Windows NT 4.0 12

Verifying Successful Installation 13

Windows 2000 13
Windows 98/95 14
Windows NT 4.0 14

Installing From Diskette

5

This guide explains installing network drivers from floppy
diskettes for the 3Com
interface card (NIC) with 3XP processor (3CR990 family). It
is intended to be used with computers that are not
equipped with a CD-ROM drive.

For complete instructions about EtherLink 10/100 PCI NIC
hardware installation, configuration, and troubleshooting,
see the

EtherLink 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card with

3XP Processor User Guide

You can print the Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable
Document Format (PDF) version of this guide for reference.
It is available on the EtherCD

\english\manuals\etherdsk\usrguide.pdf

Installing From Diskette

If your computer does not have a CD-ROM drive, use a PC
that has a CD-ROM drive and create installation diskettes
from the

You can also download 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.

EtherCD

®

EtherLink® 10/100 PCI network

(P/N 09-1742-001).

™

in the following location:

.

EtherDisk

software from the

Making a DOS-Bootable Diskette

For installation and configuration procedures that require
you to boot from DOS, you cannot successfully use the
MS-DOS prompt from within Windows. Perform a “clean”
boot from DOS or use a DOS boot disk.

To use the CD-ROM drive on a PC or server in a DOS
environment, the DOS drivers for the CD-ROM drive must
be installed. Consult the documentation that accompanied
your CD-ROM drive or your motherboard for information
about how to install these drivers.

If the PC or server is only running DOS and a CD-ROM
drive is not installed, you must install the NIC software