3Com 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-TX-97 Making a DOS-Bootable Diskette, Creating Installation Diskettes

30CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING AND CONNECTING THE NIC

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.

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 using installation diskettes. For more information about installation diskettes, see the next section, Creating

Installation Diskettes.

To make a DOS-bootable diskette:

1Insert a blank, formatted diskette in drive A.

2At the DOS prompt, enter: sys a:

System files are copied to the diskette.

3Remove the diskette from drive A and attach a label for future reference.

Label the diskettes EtherDisk 1 and EtherDisk 2.

Creating Installation Diskettes

To create installation diskettes from the EtherCD:

1Turn on the power to the PC and start Windows.

2Insert the EtherCD in the CD-ROM drive.