3Com Corporation
3C98X 10/100 EtherLink Server NIC
Windows NT4.0 unattended installation
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The 3C98X driver can be installed through unattended installation following this procedure.
1. Prepare your server and install the OS file source to the desired distribution system.
- copy the \i386 directory and its contents from your NT4.0 OS CD to your distribution
folder.
- create an \i386\$oem$\net\3C980C directory in the distribution folder
Refer to the Microsoft OS Deployment guide for a more detailed information on this
preparation.
Once you have copied the OS source files to your system, copy the 3C98X drivers to the
distribution folder. The recommended location is <<your distribution folder>>\$oem$\net\3C980C.
You can optionally run netcopy.bat from the \unattend directory on this CD to extract
these files to your distribution folder.
The driver files needed are:
3CDDISK1
PCI_FIX.SYS
PCI_DATA.EXE
3C980X.DL_
SRV_CONF.EX_
SRV_CONF.HL_
EL980N3.SY_
OEMSETUP.INF
EL98XN4.SY_
2. In your answer file(unattend.txt), make sure that the [SelectedAdaptersSection] entry in your
answer file is set to the correct NIC option, as shown below.
[SelectedAdaptersSection]
3C980 = OEMAdapterParamSection, ..\$oem$\net\3C980C\
3. Start your unattended install.(winnt /s:. /u:unattend.txt)
Note:
- Please refer to the Microsoft NT4.0 OS deployment Guide for details on setting up the OS source folders
and on how to create the answer file.
Installing the DynamicAccess for Server software during unattended install.
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If this is desired, this option can be done by starting the DA setup through the cmdlines.txt option
of the unattended install process. Follow these steps.
1. Create a cmdlines.txt in the ..\$oem$\ directory of your distribution folder with this entry
for DynamicAccess installation.
[Commands]
"dasetup.exe -s"
2. Copy all the DynamicAccess for Server related files. The DynamicAccess server files come in
a compressed WinZIP format(daserver.exe), under the english\dsk1copy\da_nt4_dsk directory
on the CD.
Extract the files using WinZIP to a temporary location and copy them into the ..\$oem$\ directory.
Do not execute daserver.exe, as it will start the DA install.
The files needed are as follows:
Da15cfg.exe
Dacfg.hlp
DAMINI.SYS
DAPROT.SYS
DAserver.CNT
DAServer.cpl
DAServer.hlp
dasetup.exe
DASmartN.exe
EXAM.AVI
LCFD.EXE
LIBCPL.DLL
LIBDES.DLL
LIBMRT.DLL
Msvcrt40.dll
oemsetup.inf
PACECFG.CPL
PRUN.INF
title.txt
WLCFTAP.EXE
3. Start your unattended install.
Windows 2000 unattended installation
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Run the setupmgr.exe utility from you Windows2000 OS CD to setup the necessary distribution folder
for your OS.
After creating your distribution folder , copy the following files to the
..$oem$\$1\drivers\3C980C location in your distribution folder. You may need to create the
3c980C folder manually.
Files needed from the root of the CD:
3CDdisk1
pci_fix.sys
PCI_DATA.EXE
3c980x.dll
srv_conf.ex_
Srv_Conf.hl_
el98xn5.sy_
el98x20.cat
W2kEL98x.inf
You can optionally run netcopy.bat from the \unattend directory on this CD to extract these files
to your distribution folder.
Make sure that the OemPNPDriversPath parameter in your answer file points to the location of your
3C98X driver files.
OemPNPDriversPath= "\drivers\3C980C"
Installing DynamicAccess Server software during unattended install
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The DynamicAccess Server software can be installed during the unattended install process
by starting dasetup.exe -s through the cmdlines.txt.
Create cmdlines.txt files with this content:
dasetup.exe -s
Make sure that the cmdlines.txt is copied to the \$oem$\ directory including all the
DynamicAccess driver files.
The files needed are:
DASERVER.HLP
3Comdatp.inf
3com.ico
title.txt
3comdatp.cat
3cw2kdam.cat
3CDISK5
dasetup.exe
daprotim.sys
3comdamp.inf
danotify.dll
You can optionally run netcopy.bat from the \unattend directory on this CD to extract these files
to your distribution folder.
Installing the diagnostics module during unattended install
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The 3Com NIC Doctor diagnostics module can be installed by running the driver update program
through the cmdlines.txt.
Create this entry in the cmdlines.txt:
update /unattended /diagonly
Copy the necessary diagnostics files to the \$oem$\ directory.
The files needed are:
From \English\Diagnostics\Update directory
Update.exe
InstInfo.ini
readme.txt
From \English\Diagnostics\Update\Source directory
Inetwh32.dll
NicRem2K.exe
NICRem95.exe
NicRemNT.exe
roboex32.dll
tcaacchg.vx_
TCAATDI.INF
tcaatdi.vx_
TCAEGT16.DL_
TCAEGT32.DL_
TCAEHWAC.DL_
TCAICCHG.SY_
TCAITDI.SY_
TCAITDI.INF
TCAMHWAC.DL_
TCAUDCUS.TX_
TCAUDEXP.TX_
tcaudiag.ex_
TCAUDIAG.HL_
TCAUDIAG.URL
tcaudvar.txt
Tcaum90x.hl_
tcaum90x.dl_
tcauprot.dl_
tcauprot.hl_
Tcaytdi.cat
Tcaytdi.inf
TDInst2K.exe
tdinst95.exe
TDInstNT.exe
UPDDRV2K.EXE
Example answer files:
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;NT4.0 unattend.txt file(answer file)
;;modify the [UserData] section as needed.
[Unattended]
OemPreinstall = yes
NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1
FileSystem = LeaveAlone
ExtendOEMPartition = 0
ConfirmHardware = yes
NtUpgrade = no
Win31Upgrade = no
TargetPath = *
OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade = no
OEMSkipEula = Yes
[UserData]
FullName = "Your Name here"
OrgName = "3Com"
ComputerName = NT40SRV
ProductId = "xxx-xxxxxxx"
[GuiUnattended]
OemSkipWelcome = 1
OEMBlankAdminPassword = 1
TimeZone = "(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana"
AdvServerType = SERVERNT
[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode = PerServer
AutoUsers = 100
[Display]
ConfigureAtLogon = 0
BitsPerPel = 8
XResolution = 640
YResolution = 480
VRefresh = 60
AutoConfirm = 1
[Network]
InstallAdapters = SelectedAdaptersSection
InstallProtocols = ProtocolsSection
InstallServices = ServicesSection
DoNotInstallInternetServer = Yes
JoinWorkgroup = WORKGROUP
[SelectedAdaptersSection]
3C980 = OEMAdapterParamSection, ..\$oem$\net\3C980C\
[OEMAdapterParamSection]
[ProtocolsSection]
TC = TCParamSection
[TCParamSection]
DHCP=no
IPAddress= 10.1.1.10
Subnet = 255.0.0.0
[ServicesSection]
Example Cmdlines.txt file contents:
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[Commands]
"dasetup.exe -s"
"update /unattended /diagonly"
Example unattend.txt for Win2k
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;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemPnPDriversPath="\drivers\3c980c"
TargetPath=\WINNT
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=4
OemSkipWelcome=1
[UserData]
FullName=3Com
OrgName="3Com Corp"
ComputerName=*
ProductId = "xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"
[Display]
BitsPerPel=16
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768
Vrefresh=60
[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode=PerServer
AutoUsers=5
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=512
LongDistanceAccess="9"
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
[SetupMgr]
DistFolder=V:\
DistShare=i386
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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