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Using Flash Cards with the Network Station
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3.3.1 Verifying Prerequisites
You must ensure that your system is running IBM Network Station Manager
program Release 3.0 and has the latest PTFs have been installed.
To support Flash cards, you must also have the latest OS/400 and NSM PTF
code. The latest PTF for NFS must also be installed if you intend to transfer
the data to the Flash card using NFS/400.
3.3.2 Creating a Flash Card Boot Image
To boot from the Flash card, you must first identify the files that are required,
copy these files, and test them to ensure that the IBM Network Station will
start from this image.
It is necessary to create the image of what will be placed on the Flash card in
the Intergrated File System (IFS) of the AS/400 system. This allows you to
test booting the Network Station from this image before copying it to the Flash
card. After you test the functionality of this image, you can copy it to the Flash
card. The process to copy the boot files to the Flash card is rather slow. Data
is transferred to the card at a rate of about 2MB per minute.
We recommend that you test the Flash Card before distributing it to the
remote office or location. You can perform this test by connecting to a locally
attached IBM Network Station.
The following tasks shows how to create an image that contains the files that
are required to boot the Network Station, and support the 5250, 3270, and
VTxxx emulators. We use the AS/400 system to authenticate the user and
provide the font and user configuration files.
The following steps can also be accomplished using Windows 95 and its
Explorer function by mapping the AS/400 IFS to a local drive, and using the
cut and paste function. The Flash card files can be copied into an
nsflash
image directory on the AS/400 system.
3.3.3 Task Summary
The following steps are required to create a test image that is copied to the
Flash card after this testing is successful:
1. Create a test directory structure.
2. Copy the files to the test directory.