How to override network board during installation?

[pixiepoet]

I've been trying to install Netware 5 on my PC, but have been stuck on the step where it detects the network board. Am I right to assume that the "Network Board" is the same thing as a Network Adapter (NIC)? I have a NIC that is not on the Network Board list (on the installation software menu), and when I put the driver diskette (for my NIC) in the floppy drive, the NW installation software refuses to detect it. The extension for drivers are inf, right? I am installing off a partition in my PC where the other OS is Win98 - does that have any effect? Is there a way to skip this step on installation? (It does not seem to allow me to go any further with installation) What is wrong here?

 

[TheLad]

You cannot use INF extensions for it to pick up the network card - it's not Windows you know!

You need the LAN driver, you should have this on your installation disk or you can get it from the manufacturer's website. You should have two files, one with a .LAN extension, one with a .LDI extension. NetWare is NOT plug and play.

If you get the disk with these two files on and point the NetWare installation to it, it should pick it up and load it. -----------------------------------------------------
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