Appendix B. Advanced Information For Pc Cards - IBM ThinkPad 760E Instruction Manual

Appendix B. Advanced Information for PC Cards

Auto Configurator for PC Card Director
Note:
When installing an operating system,
install the PCMCIA device driver that
is on the PC Card Director Diskette
to use the Auto Configurator.
To install the PCMCIA device driver:
Chapter 7.
Starting the Auto Configurator Utility for OS/ 2 or Windows
O S / 2
Copyright IBM Corp. 1996
This appendix describes advanced information related to using PC Cards.
The computers provide the Auto Configurator , a program for some PC
Cards, so that you do not have to install the device driver supplied with the
card to use it.
The resource and configuration information for the PC Cards are written in
the script files. Once the information is written, you can use the Auto
Configurator Utility to edit these script files.
When Auto Configurator is installed, the following line is added to the
CONFIG.SYS file according to your operating system:
For OS/ 2 :
BASEDEV=AUTODRV2.SYS
For DOS and Windows:
DEVICE=[drive:] [directory] AUTODRV.SYS
This section describes the Auto Configurator Utility for OS/ 2 or Windows.
WIN
To start Auto Configurator Utility for OS/ 2 or Windows, select the Auto
Configurator Utility (
The operation for OS/ 2 and for Windows is the same.
) icon from the PC Card Director window.
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