HP PL Class 450/500/550/600/650/700/750 Manual

HP VISUALIZE Linux Setup and
Recovery Guide
XL- and PL-Class Workstations
Printed in USA
Manufacturing Part Number: A1297-90011
Edition E1299
© Copyright 1999 Hewlett-Packard Company

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IMPORTANT HP Linux Warranty Informatio
HP has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of our
product testing. However, because each customer’s
environment is different from HP’s laboratory test
environment, it is the customer’s responsibility to validate the
Year 2000 readiness of these products in their own
environment. Therefore, information about the Year 2000
status of HP products is provided "as is" without warranties of
any kind and is subject to change without notice. The
information provided here constitutes a Year 2000 Readiness
Disclosure for purposes of the Year 2000 Information and
Readiness Disclosure Act.
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the Year 2000 readiness of non-HP products including
pre-installed operating systems or application software. Such
information, if any, was provided by the manufacturers of
those products and customers are urged to contact the
manufacturer directly to verify Year 2000 readiness.
ATTENTION: DUE TO THE NATURE OF LINUX
SOFTWARE, HP PROVIDES LINUX SOFTWARE "AS IS"
AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO
YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE. LINUX MAY REQUIRE
CUSTOMER INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE PATCHES
FOR YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE AND MAY REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL PATCHES IN THE FUTURE. FOR RED HAT
LINUX, CUSTOMER IS URGED TO FREQUENTLY
REVIEW THE RED HAT WEB SITE FOR THE LATEST
YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AT:
http:\\www.redhat.com

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Contents

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System Setup.................................................................................................................... 1
Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation......................................................... 3
Static Network Parameters................................................................................... 4
DNS Configuration.............................................................................................. 4
Network Information Service ........................................................................ 5
Miscellaneous Parameters.................................................................................... 5
System time and date..................................................................................... 6
Time Zone...................................................................................................... 6
Root Password ............................................................................................... 7
XServer.......................................................................................................... 8
Summary........................................................................................................ 9
System Recovery ........................................................................................................... 11
The Linux Rescue Mode.......................................................................................... 13
Creating a Rescue Disk Set................................................................................ 13
Making the boot disk ................................................................................... 14
Making the rescue disk ................................................................................ 14
Using the Rescue Disk Set................................................................................. 15
Disaster Recovery.................................................................................................... 17

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1 System Setup

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System Setup
The HP VISUALIZE Linux Personal Workstation Owner’s Guide tells you
how to set up your Linux Personal Workstation and connect the display,
keyboard, mouse, audio accessories and a network.
After you have made these connections, follow the procedures described
in this book to configure your Linux Personal Workstation and prepare to
use it.
We recommend that you read these instructions before beginning the
process, and write down the information you will need to enter.

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System Setup
Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation
Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation
Be sure that no disks are in the 3.5-inch floppy drive or the CD-ROM
drive, then turn on the power switch. As the workstation starts up
(boots), it describes what is happening with messages on the screen. You
do not need to respond to any messages you see. The start-up process is
completely automatic.
After a few minutes, the process ends and the monitor screen displays
important information about Year 2000 readiness of the HP VISUALIZE
Linux Workstation and the software installed on it. When you have read
this information, click OK at the bottom of the screen. The Linux Setup
Tool window, shown below, appears.
Choose the Boot Protocol appropriate for your system. If you do not know
which protocol to choose, ask your system administrator. The following
instructions assume you are using the “Static” protocol.

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System Setup
Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation
Static Network Parameters
You need to enter the Static Network Parameters. Your system
administrator can tell you your Personal Workstation’s IP Address and
Hostname and your network’s Gateway and Netmask addresses. The
system administrator can also suggest an appropriate Domain Name.
After typing this information in the appropriate spaces, click on the
button called Additional Network Services. A smaller window, shown
below, appears within the Linux Setup Tool window.
DNS Configuration
If the window does not look like this, click the DNS Configuration tab at
the top of the window. The window contains two smaller windows, called
DNS Servers (IP Address) and DNS Search Domains. Below the left
window, in the “Server:” box, type the network Domain Name Server
address. Click the Add button above the small window to place this
address in the window. If there is more than one domain name server,
you may keep adding addresses until you have added them all. The first
one will be your primary DNS. Below the right window, in the “Domain:”
box, type the domain name and click the Add button above that window.
If there is more than one, enter them all.