HP Professional AP500 Red Hat Linux 5.2 Installation and Configuration on Comp - Page 1

Technical Guide April 1999 Workstation Division Compaq Computer Corporation Contents Overview 4 Prepare the Hardware 4 Install Red Hat Linux 4 Initial Installation Steps 4 Class-Based Installation Path 5 Custom Installation Path ...........5 Disk Partitioning 5 Package Selection 6 Finishing the Installation............6 Configure Mouse 6 Configure X Windows..........6 Network Configuration.........7 Timezone Configuration.......7 Printer Configuration............7 Root Password 7 Boot Disk Creation 7 Configure LILO 7 Installation is Complete ........8 Final Configuration and Customization Steps 8 Installing the XFree86 Updates 8 Dual-Booting Windows NT and Red Hat Linux 9 Linux SMP Support............10 Appendix 11 Additional Resources 11 Compaq Monitor Specifications 12 Red Hat Linux 5.2 Installation and Configuration on Compaq Professional Workstations AP and SP Models Abstract: This document provides instructions to help Compaq customers install and configure Red Hat Linux 5.2 on Compaq Professional Workstations AP and SP Models.