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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. S . A . © Copyrig ht 2003 © He wlett- P ackard Company . All rights rese rved.[...]

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    2 Legal Notices The info rmation in t his d ocument is s ubject to change w ithout no tice. Hewlett-P ackard makes no warranty o f any kind with regard to thi s manual, including , but not limited to , th e implied warranties of merc hantability an d fitness for a particular purpo se . Hewlett-P ackard shall not be held liab le for errors contained[...]

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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 2.1 for the Itanium Processor has been optimized for use wi[...]

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    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. Operating Sys t em Instal lation 4. Getting Updates from the Red H at Network 5.[...]

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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 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 2.1 and current errata (errata kernel 2.4. 18-e.25)[...]

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    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. T o determi ne y[...]

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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 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 . softw are.hp .com), whic h automat es proces s[...]

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    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. If your system ca me with Linux pre-in stalled, power on y our works[...]

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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 Getting Updates f rom the Red Hat Netw ork Chapter 1 9 Getting Updates from the Red Hat Network After you i nstall your operat ing syste m and reboot , login as root on the cons ole (HP recommends using the graph ical console rather than the [...]

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    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. Graphi cs card co mpatib ility be tween Itan ium 2-b ased work stati ons and IA -32 syste ms. Graphics cards for Itanium 2-based workstations are n ot currently compatible with those on IA -32 s ys[...]

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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 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 . b. C hanging boot -time parameters fo und in /[...]

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    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 1.44 and earlier . The symptom is the following message , which co[...]

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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 Know n Probl em s Chapter 1 13 prompt timeou t=50 default=linux image=vmlinu z-2.4.18 -e .Nsmp labe l=lin ux initrd=init rd-2.4.18 -e.Nsmp.img read-only root="LABEL=/" append= "console =ttyS0,1 15200n 8 hdd= ide-s csi" ima[...]

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    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 .[...]