Accessing drivers for Farallon PN796

I'm trying to access the drivers for a Farallon PN796 USB-to-Ethernet adapter for use with an iMac running Mac OS 9.2.2. The drivers are online at http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/software/PN796.sit.

I had an initial problem using those files but then I learnt that I needed to copy the 'Installer' program into the same folder. That program can open the install script for the drivers but it refuses to install. It says that I am not running from the correct disk. Apparently the disk needs to be called 'ADM USB Drivers'. I have tried created disk images and even physical floppy disks with this name but it seems that the drivers cannot be installed except from the original diskettes.

Can anyone tell me how I can work around this? How can I edit the install script so that it will install from any disk?

iMac Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Feb 27, 2006 1:14 PM

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Mar 3, 2006 12:26 PM in response to Rónán Kennedy

I don't know how to script the installer, but having pulled one of the link you gave, it seems to work on just two coded archives: ADMUSB 1.00 and Apple USB Enet Support, each of which contains two System Extensions.

If you have the venerable Tome Viewer - available for instance from http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4561 - you can manually extract the four files and drop them on your System Folder icon, which should put them in the Extensions folder, where they should work on the next Restart.

Sorry I can't test that as I don't have the gizmo.

If you're going to try that, I suggest you first drag Copy your System Folder so you have a back-up in case it misfires…

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