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Linksys notebook adapter and Win98SE

Author
7 Mar 2005 8:54 PM
View From The Hill
I already have a Linksys WPC54G notebook adapter coupled with a WAG54G which
is working fine with my XP Pro laptop, and now I want to increase
flexibility by adding another laptop to my home wireless LAN - to increase
options for storage etc
So I have bought another WPC54G to use on my Win 98SE laptop but cannot find
a way of getting round an error on loading the install CD.

I have opted to use the same channel and SSID as the existing setup, but
opted for Ad-Hoc mode (actually, selecting infrastructure mode makes no
difference with this problem) - and at the same point of s/w load receive an
error as follows :
===================================================
Linsys Installation Wizard
Installation Failed
ErrorCode=-3
ErrorDesc.=Required data not found or disk space not enough
===================================================
assuming the target for install is C drive, then space should not be the
issue as all partitions including C on the 98SE laptop are healthy (C is
FAT32 457Mb free)
has anyone come across this one, or am I facing a full o/s reload for a
clean start ?

thanks in advance
Dave

Author
7 Mar 2005 10:04 PM
Airhead
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"View From The Hill" <bestfreaknospam@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> I already have a Linksys WPC54G notebook adapter coupled with a
WAG54G which
> is working fine with my XP Pro laptop, and now I want to increase
> flexibility by adding another laptop to my home wireless LAN - to
increase
> options for storage etc
> So I have bought another WPC54G to use on my Win 98SE laptop but
cannot find
> a way of getting round an error on loading the install CD.
>
> I have opted to use the same channel and SSID as the existing setup,
but
> opted for Ad-Hoc mode (actually, selecting infrastructure mode makes
no
> difference with this problem) - and at the same point of s/w load
receive an
> error as follows :
> ===================================================
> Linsys Installation Wizard
> Installation Failed
> ErrorCode=-3
> ErrorDesc.=Required data not found or disk space not enough
> ===================================================
> assuming the target for install is C drive, then space should not be
the
> issue as all partitions including C on the 98SE laptop are healthy
(C is
> FAT32 457Mb free)
> has anyone come across this one, or am I facing a full o/s reload
for a
> clean start ?

Might try downloading the utility and driver from linksys, make sure
you
get the one for win98 and the correct version of your card. Long shot
but worth a try before you start reformatting.