System information

Using Flash Cards with the Network Station
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1. Power off the IBM Network Station.
2. Ensure that the write protect switch on the Flash card is in the
enable write
position.
3. Insert the PCMCIA Flash card into the IBM Network Station as
recommended by the manufacturer.
4. Power on the IBM Network Station.
5. When the message
NS0500 Search for Host System appears, press
ESC
to stop the start-up sequence.
If prompted for an administrator password, enter it now (this is the
password an administrator can set using the IBM Network Station
Manager program).
6. Press
PF2
(
View the Hardware Configuration) .
7. Verify that the Network Station has recognized the Flash card is installed.
8. Reboot the Network Station to load the configuration changes made to
flash.nsm in the previous section.
9. Allow the IBM Network Station start-up to complete. Sign in when the login
display is shown.
10.After the desktop has been loaded, start the Console by pressing
Alt +
Shift + Home
.
11.Select
Terminals
from the pull down menu options.
12.Select
New Terminal
.
13.Select
File Local
—>
Connect to the Local File Manager
.
14.Select
OK
(at the bottom left of the display).
15.The Local file manager starts. Enter your password (as defined in step 2
on page 82 using the
set file-manager-password statement ).
16.Type
pwd
to verify that you are in the
/local directory. This is the root of the
Flash card.
17.Type
format to format the Flash card.
18.Answer
yes
to the message:
Do you want to proceed with formatting [ yes | no ].
A message indicates the estimated time it will take to format the Flash
card. For example, the format command may state it will take 15 minutes
to format an 8Mb card. However, the card should format in 60 to 90
seconds.
19.After the format is complete, please proceed to the next section.