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3Com (R) Corporation
EtherDisk (R) Diskette for the
3C90X Fast EtherLink XL/EtherLink XL Bus Master NIC Family
Banyan VINES Installation Notes
Preliminary Banyan VINES Client Installations
---------------------------------------------
The Banyan VINES LAN software installation requires that you input the IRQ
assigned to the NIC.
To determine the IRQ, perform the following steps:
1. Insert the 3Com Fast EtherLink XL/EtherLink XL Bus Master EtherDisk 1
diskette in the floppy drive and make that the active drive.
2. At the DOS prompt type:
3C90XCFG [Enter]
3. When the main menu appears, select NIC Configuration and press
[Enter].
4. The NIC Configuration screen appears with the IRQ shown in the
Standard Options box.
Banyan VINES Client Installations
---------------------------------
To install VINES 6.0 software on a DOS NDIS workstation, follow these
instructions. DOS must be installed on the target workstation C: drive or
you must have a bootable DOS floppy.
1. Use the DOS MD command to create a subdirectory called \VINES.
2. Copy the contents of the VINES LAN S/W (DOS) Install diskette into
the \VINES subdirectory.
3. Copy the contents of the NDIS subdirectory on the VINES LAN S/W (DOS)
2 of 2 diskette into the \VINES subdirectory.
4. Copy the EL90X.DOS and the PROTOCOL.INI fragment from the NDIS2\DOS
subdirectory of EtherDisk 1 diskette to the \VINES subdirectory on
your system.
5. Edit the PROTOCOL.INI file to read as follows:
[PROTOCOL MANAGER]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
[VINES_XIF]
DRIVERNAME = NDISBAN$
BINDINGS = EL90X
[EL90X]
DRIVERNAME = EL90X$
6. Run the PCCONFIG.EXE program located in the \VINES subdirectory.
7. Select option 1, Network Card Settings.
8. Select the NDIS Ethernet option.
9. The NDIS Workstation screen appears. Enter the interrupt request
number (IRQ) you selected for the 3Com Fast EtherLink XL/
EtherLink XL Bus Master NIC.
10. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file and add the following lines, substituting
A: for C: for a floppy disk installation.
DEVICE = C:\VINES\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\VINES
DEVICE = C:\VINES\EL90X.DOS
11. Insert the following lines in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
CD \VINES
BAN
BAN loads the NDISBAN drivers and reads the PCCONFIG.DB file to
invoke changes made during the PCCONFIG stage.
Banyan VINES Server Installation
--------------------------------
Banyan provides a VINES server driver with the current version of VINES.
Consult the Banyan documentation for installation instructions.
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