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CHAPTER 4
Manual Installation of the PRO/100 CardBus adapter
under Windows 95 OSR2
1 Click the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen.
2 Choose the menu item: Settings.
3 Choose the menu item: Control Panel.
4 Double-click the System icon.
5 In the System Properties window, view the Device Manager tab.
6 In the Device Manager window, click PCMCIA socket.
There will be two CardBus controllers listed under PCMCIA socket.
6a If the PRO/100 CardBus adapter is in the top slot, click the top
CardBus controller to select it.
6b If the Adapter is in the bottom slot, click the bottom CardBus
controller to select it (make a note of which slot the Adapter was
in).
6c Once the controller is selected, click Properties. Check the box
Disable in this hardware profile. Click Ok. You will now see a red
‘X’ on the CardBus controller that was disabled. Click OK on the
Device Manager tab.
7 Open a DOS session in Windows 95 OSR2 and delete the following
files:
\WINDOWS\INF\*.BIN
\WINDOWS\INF\NETM32A.INF
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\M32A.SYS
8 Rename the files CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to ensure
that Windows 95 OSR2 runs in 32-bit protected-mode. Windows 95
OSR2 does not support the use of real-mode and protected-mode
drivers simultaneously. This combination may cause unpredictable
results. If these drivers are of mixed types, the computer might stall
or the network might not work. The following commands can be
used to rename the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS:
REN C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\AUTOEXEC.00A
REN C:\CONFIG.SYS C:\CONFIG.00A
9 Shut down Windows 95 OSR2 and power off the machine. Remove
the PRO/100 CardBus adapter physically from the PC Card slot
(make a note of whether the Adapter was in the top or bottom PC