.LAN driver for 3Com PCMCIA card for IP boot disk?

adamt...@hotmail.com

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Dec 11, 2003, 9:06:38 AM12/11/03

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Hi all.

I'm trying to find a .LAN driver for a 3CCFE574BT PCMCIA card (3Com
Megahurtz 10/100 Lan PC Card) but I can't find one anywhere.
I need it to make an IP boot disk.

One question, do I need to have the .LAN driver or will the old .COM
driver work?

Answers on a postcard please.. :)

L8R,
Adam.

Dave Lunn

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Dec 11, 2003, 1:38:57 PM12/11/03

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You need the .lan.

You might find a Xircom NIC with the .lan. IIRC the Xircom 589 has .lan
drivers.
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Nw...@veder.com

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Dec 11, 2003, 5:07:59 PM12/11/03

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> You need the .lan.

It would be better but it is not necessary. You can use
16-bit ODI drivers with the 32-bit Client (which supports IP).

Get the 3c574 driver from http://www.veder.com/nwdsk/#niclist16
Create a basic IP disk from http://www.veder.com/ftp/nwdsk/fd32e.exe
Make some space on your diskette by deleting some unneeded drivers
from A:\LIB\ODI32 and add the 3C574.CAB to A:\LIB\ODI16.

This one might need an INT or PORT statement in NET.CFG. Consult
the documentation on the above site or contact me if any trouble.

HTH,

Erwin

Barry St.John

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Dec 11, 2003, 6:06:50 PM12/11/03

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Don't forget, Dave, that there is 16-bit driver support in Client32 for
DOS/Win3x. See my reply to Adam.
--

-Barry. [Novell Support Forum SysOp]

Barry St.John

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Dec 11, 2003, 6:06:49 PM12/11/03

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In article <OR_Bb.1625$Rl1...@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com>, wrote:

> One question, do I need to have the .LAN driver or will the old .COM
> driver work?

The .COM driver will work with NETX or VLM, or you can use the 16-bit
driver support for Client32. Note that 16-bit driver support takes
away from some of the performance benefit a 32-bit client offers. For
machines that are very old, it probably would be better to stick with
VLM.

16-bit driver support example:

NIOS.EXE
LSL.COM
N16ODI.COM
NESL.COM
3C574.COM <--- Or whatever your 16-bit driver is called.
LOAD LSLC32.NLM
LOAD PC32MLID.LAN
+--> LOAD TCPIP.NLM <---------------------------------+
| -and/or- Load only the protocol needed. |
+--> LOAD IPX.NLM <---------------------------------+
LOAD CLIENT32.NLM

Nw...@veder.com

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Dec 12, 2003, 5:26:38 AM12/12/03

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Agree, but I would like to see TRANNTA.NLM added before CLIENT32.NLM
and when loading TCPIP.NLM, also load SRVLOC.NLM after TRANNTA.NLM and
before CLIENT32.NLM.

HTH,

Erwin

adamt...@hotmail.com

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Dec 12, 2003, 7:27:30 AM12/12/03

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Thanks for that. Just one question: Where can I find the files for the 16
bit support? (e.g. PC32MLID.LAN etc)
There are no entries for DOS clients in the novell.com downloads adn I
couldn't see them on a client CD. (presumably because these are old and
not included with the newer clients.)

Thanks in advance,
Adam.

Dave Lunn

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Dec 12, 2003, 8:47:16 AM12/12/03

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Barry's post on 12/1/2003 at 10:57 gives you the links to the files.
--
Dave Lunn
NSC SysOp
http://support-forums.novell.com

Barry St.John

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Dec 12, 2003, 1:54:22 PM12/12/03

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re: TRANNTA & SRVLOC

Good catch. I thought it looked incomplete, but couldn't think of it
off the top of my head.

Barry St.John

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Dec 12, 2003, 1:54:23 PM12/12/03

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The whole Client32 v2.71 for DOS/Win3x (including the 16-bit driver
support files) can be found here:

http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/dw271e.exe

VLM v1.21 can also be found there:

http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/vlm121_1.exe
http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/vlm121_2.exe
http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/vlm121_3.exe
http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/vlm121_4.exe
http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/vlm121_5.exe
http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/vlm121_6.exe

Extract all 6 archives to a common folder, then run INSTALL from there.
Or make 6 diskettes and run INSTALL from disk 1.

Barry St.John

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Dec 12, 2003, 1:54:23 PM12/12/03

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Él no habla español? ;-)

Dave Lunn

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Dec 12, 2003, 2:54:44 PM12/12/03

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I'm ok with it. Better that than babelfishing it to English and then trying
to figure out what it says.

Barry St.John

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Dec 12, 2003, 6:01:05 PM12/12/03

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Yep. Some of those re-translations are pretty amusing -- both ways,
I'm sure!

(thread drift alert!)