Performing The Preinstallation Procedure; Preinstallation Software Screen - 3Com 3C509B User Manual

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Performing the Preinstallation Procedure

Preinstallation is important for proper setup of your
Windows 95/98 system environment. It deletes the default
.INF file and the default Windows driver for the NIC.
You must perform this procedure to ensure that the latest
NIC driver and the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program
(a Windows-based program) can be successfully installed. If
you do not perform preinstallation, the 3Com Installation
Wizard will not run successfully.
Follow these steps to perform the preinstallation procedure:
1 Turn the PC power on and boot Windows 95/98.
2 Click Start in the Windows 95/98 taskbar, and then
click Run.
3 Insert EtherDisk diskette 2 in drive A, and then enter:
a:\preinstl
4 Click OK.
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Figure 7 Preinstallation Software Screen
Record the displayed IRQs. You need to verify that
an available IRQ is assigned to the NIC when the NIC
Configuration Settings screen
appears later in the 3Com Installation Wizard.
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If your PC supports the Windows 95/98 Plug and Play
feature, the Preinstallation Software screen appears, as
shown in Figure
Click OK. The next step is to install the NIC in your PC
(see Chapter 1). Then go to
Windows 95/98 Plug and Play
the NIC.
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7, displaying a list of available IRQs.
"NIC Configuration in a
PC" to configure
(Figure 28
95/98
on page 49)