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Q245026: Unattended Installation of 3Com NIC Generates Error Message.

Article: Q245026
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to install a 3Com network interface card (NIC) unattended, you may
receive the following error message:

  Unable to open C:\$win_nt$\3c90xwin32\i386...
  3c905
  3c900
  3c90x

CAUSE
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This behavior can occur because the 3Com Oemsetup.inf file cannot process the
'(srcdir)' string variable properly when you use an MS-DOS redirector. The 3Com
Oemsetup.inf file parses the '(srcdir)' string variable without using a trailing
backslash (\), which combines two separate folder names together and produces an
incorrect path. For example, the folder appears as \$win_nt$\3c90xWin32 instead
of \$win_nt$\3c90x\Win32.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, append a backslash to every '(srcdir)' reference in the
Oemsetup.inf file and the Drmonnt.inf file associated with the network interface
card, and reinstall the NIC driver.

Additional query words: ethernet tbase10

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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