Installation disks are useful when you are loading drivers on systems that do not have a CD drive or a network connection. You can create installation disks using the MAKEDISK utility or by directly copying the appropriate files to a floppy disk.
The MAKEDISK utility copies the appropriate driver software for desktop, server, and mobile LAN products, for the following operating systems:
Windows*
NetWare* (from the command prompt only)
DOS and OS2
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NOTE: Each adapter supports a specific subset of these operating systems. |
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NOTE: Some of these installations may require two floppy disks. |
You can run MAKEDISK from either a command prompt or the autorun program on the Product CD. If you downloaded the software package from the support website, extracting the files automatically starts the autorun program.
Insert the Product CD in the CD-ROM drive. The CD's autorun program automatically starts. If you are starting with a downloaded installation package, navigate to the respective directory using your Windows Explorer program.
To start the autorun program manually, double-click Autorun.exe in the root directory of the CD or downloaded software package.
Click Make Driver Disk. The Intel(R) PRO Adapter Install Disk Creation window is displayed.
Select the target operating system in the Platform to copy for box. The target operating system is the operating system running on the target system. At some point in the future, you can use the installation disk you created in this process to install drivers on this system.
In the Adapter Type box, select the type of adapter you will be installing.
In the Copy Location box, enter the drive and/or directory. The files and associated drivers will be copied to this location.
Insert a blank disk into the disk drive then click Copy.
Repeat steps 1 through 7 until you have created all necessary installation disks.
Click Exit.
Insert a formatted floppy disk in your disk drive.
For Netware, skip to step 3.
For Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows 95, select Run from the Start menu and
then type "command" in the Run dialog. Click OK.
For Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, select Run from the Start
menu and then type "cmd" in the Run dialog. Click OK.
In the command prompt window, switch to the CD drive. If
you downloaded the software from the website, navigate to the download
directory. For example, type:
E: <Enter>
Change the active directory to \APPS\MAKEDISK.
At the command line type:
MAKEDISK OS
Destination <Enter>
where OS is the operating system driver to be copied, and Destination is the destination floppy drive letter (e.g., A:). If you want this program to run in silent mode, add the text Silent to the end of the command line. In silent mode, warnings are not displayed and the batch file will not wait for user input. Use the parameter listed below that matches your operating system, adapter type, and computing platform:
Intel® PRO/1000 adapters |
Intel® PRO/100 adapters |
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IA-32 platforms | Intel® Itanium®-based platforms | IA-32 platforms | Intel® Itanium®-based platforms | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | WS0332GIG | WS0364GIG | WS0332FE | WS0364FE |
Microsoft Windows XP | WS0332GIG | WS0364GIG | WS0332FE | WS0364FE |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | W2KGIG | W2KFE | ||
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 | NT | NT | ||
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME | W9X | W9X | ||
Novell Netware | NW | NW | ||
Microsoft MS-DOS* and IBM* OS/2 | DOS | DOS |
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NOTE: If you select Windows NT 4.0, MAKEDISK copies the Intel® PROSet utility as well as the base driver files, and requires two floppy disks. For all other Windows versions, only the drivers are copied, and require one floppy disk. NetWare and DOS selections also require one floppy disk. |
Last modified on 3/17/04 6:23p Revision 7