User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Locating HP resources
- Computer features
- Setting up the computer
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Setting up Linux
- Updating the computer
- Maintenance, diagnostics, and minor troubleshooting
- Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics
- Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows (select products only)
- Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI
- Using Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI settings (select products only)
- Computer operating guidelines, routine care, and shipping preparation
- Electrostatic discharge
- Accessibility
- Index
Setting up Linux5
This chapter describes how to set up and restore the Linux operating system.
IMPORTANT: Do not add optional hardware or third-party devices to the computer until the operating
system is successfully installed. Adding hardware might cause errors and prevent the operating system from
installing correctly.
NOTE: After you set up the operating system, be sure that the latest BIOS, drivers, and software updates
are installed. See Updating the computer on page 21.
Linux-ready systems
The Linux-ready option provides a system with a minimally functional OS preload (for example, FreeDOS). It
is intended for situations where the customer will install an OS when the system arrives. The option does not
include a license for any operating system.
The Linux-ready option does not include the Linux operating system, which you must supply. Commercial
Linux distributions are available for purchase from vendors such as Red Hat® and SUSE. A variety of other
Linux distributions are available for free (for example, Ubuntu). To view HP-evaluated congurations and
operating systems, go to http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix.
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Various versions of RHEL are certied and supported by Red Hat on HP computers.
For details of RHEL support for a particular platform, see the Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations at
http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix.
For information about Red Hat certications on HP computers, go to https://access.redhat.com/ecosystem,
select Certied Hardware, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
Additionally, if HP has tested and packaged selected third-party proprietary drivers compatible with Red
Hat Enterprise Linux installations on your HP Workstation, then you can obtain them directly from http://
www.hp.com/support as described in Proprietary graphics drivers on page 20.
Setting up SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED)
Various versions of SLED are certied and supported by SUSE on HP computers.
For more information, go to the SUSE certication bulletin search page at https://www.suse.com/yessearch/
Search.jsp.
Additionally, if HP has tested and packaged selected third-party proprietary drivers compatible with SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop installations on your HP Workstation, then you can obtain them directly from http://
www.hp.com/support as described in Proprietary graphics drivers on page 20.
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