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Support Note for Red Hat Linux Advanced W orkstation 2.1 Operati ng System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Edition 2 Manufacturing P art Number: 5187-2 286 E0203 U.
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Suppor t N ote f or Red Hat Linux Adv anc ed W orkstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Announcem ent Chapter 1 3 1 Support Note for Red Hat Linux Advanced W orkstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-base d Syst ems Announcement Red Hat Linux Advanced W orksta tion 2.
Suppor t Note for Red Hat Linux Adv anced Workstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Support Note Con tents Chapter 1 4 Support Note Contents 1. Distri buti ons Su pported o n Itani um 2-bas ed Ser vers 2. Firmware Requirements and Man ageabili ty 3.
Suppor t N ote f or Red Hat Linux Adv anc ed W orkstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Distrib utions Sup ported on Itanium 2-Based W orkstations Chapter 1 5 Distributions Supported on Itanium 2- B ased W orkstations Hewlett-P ackard has certified Red Hat Advanced W orkstation 2.
Suppor t Note for Red Hat Linux Adv anced Workstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Firmware Requirements and Manageability Chapter 1 6 Firmware Requirements and Manageabil ity F irmware Requirements System Firmw are revision 1.61 or greater is required for Linux to be installed on your Itanium 2- based sy stem.
Suppor t N ote f or Red Hat Linux Adv anc ed W orkstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Operating System Installation Chapter 1 7 Operating System Installation Before installing Red H at Advanced W orkstati on 2.1, use the HP Enablement Ki t CD for Linux (a vailable at http:// www .
Suppor t Note for Red Hat Linux Adv anced Workstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Operating System Installation Chapter 1 8 3. Insert the oper ating sy stem CDs when prompted 4. F ollow yo ur operat ing sys tem's ins tructions t o complete installat ion.
Suppor t N ote f or Red Hat Linux Adv anc ed W orkstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Getting Updates f rom the Red Hat Netw ork Chapter 1 9 Getting Updates from the Red Hat Netw.
Suppor t Note for Red Hat Linux Adv anced Workstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Know n Probl em s Chapter 1 10 Known Problems 1.
Suppor t N ote f or Red Hat Linux Adv anc ed W orkstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Know n Probl em s Chapter 1 11 a. Modifyin g configurati on options found in /usr/sr c/linux-ver sion-versionnu mber/config s to set value s or make mo dules sta tic or d ynam ically loa dabl e .
Suppor t Note for Red Hat Linux Adv anced Workstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Know n Probl em s Chapter 1 12 9. USB-t o-PS2 ad apter f ailu res . The A7 782 USB-t o-PS/2 ad apter occasi onally fails to conn ect at EFI when using sy stem firmware revis i ons 1.
Suppor t N ote f or Red Hat Linux Adv anc ed W orkstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Know n Probl em s Chapter 1 13 prompt timeou t=50 default=linux image=vmlinu z-2.
Suppor t Note for Red Hat Linux Adv anced Workstation 2.1 Operating System on Itanium® 2-based Systems Know n Probl em s Chapter 1 14 13. Inconsistencies with man page directions for editing /etc/fs tab . If you manually e dit the /etc/ fstab file to alter the device parti tion to be mo unted as swap spa ce, follo w the fstab man page directions .
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