HP Workstation i2000 hp workstation i2000 Red Hat Linux 7.1 availability (a603 - Page 1

Hewlett-Packard Company 3404 East Harmony Road Fort Collins, Colorado 80528-9599 IMPORTANT - ReadMe 7.1 Linux availability for hp workstation i2000 Dear Customer, This is to notify you that effective September 21, 2001 we are no longer including Red Hat® Linux bundled with the hp workstation i2000. • For the latest tested and supported Linux distributions for the i2000 please see the following web site. http://www.hp.com/workstations/products/itanium/i2000/linux.html • Currently HP supports Red Hat® 7.1 for IPF, which is currently available from Red Hat® at the following web site. http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/7-1_itanium.html As part of our Linux strategy to support the Linux Standards Base (LSB), we are currently evaluating a number of different Linux distributions to determine which we will ship in the future on the i2000. HP is committed to supporting LSB compliant Linux distributions on our Itanium Processor Family (IPF) systems. Regards, HP Customer Support A6037- 90011