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2-4CHAPTER 2: SETUP FOR CUSTOM INSTALLATION

Performing the Preinstallation Procedure

Preinstallation is important for proper setup of your Windows 95 system environment. You must perform this procedure to ensure that the latest NIC driver and the 3Com NIC Diagnostics (a Windows-based program) can be successfully installed.

Follow these steps to perform the preinstallation procedure:

1Turn the power on and boot Windows 95.

2Click Start in the Windows 95 taskbar, and then click Run.

3Insert EtherDisk diskette 2 in drive A, and then enter: a:\preinstl

4Click OK.

The Preinstallation Software screen appears, as shown in Figure 2-2, displaying a list of available IRQs.

Record these IRQs. You need to verify that one of these available IRQs is assigned to the NIC when the NIC Configuration Settings screen (Figure 3-2) appears later in the 3Com Installation Wizard.

Figure 2-2Preinstallation Software Screen

5Click OK.

If your PC supports the Windows 95 Plug and Play feature, the next step is to install the NIC in your PC (see Chapter 1). Then go to the next section to configure the NIC.

If your PC does not support the Windows 95 Plug and Play feature, the screen shown in Figure 2-3 appears. Click OK and go to the section “Disabling Plug and Play on the NIC” later in this chapter.