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Table of contents 1 Overview of the HP Installer Kit for Linux Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Supported operating systems ............................................................................................................... 1 HP Installer CDs ................................................................................................................................... 1 HP Driver CDs ...................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Obtaining the HP Installer Kit for Linux from the HP Support web site Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Obtaining the appropriate ISOs in the HP Installer Kit for Linux .......................................................... 5 3 Installing with the HP Installer Kit for Linux Installing the operating system using the HP Installer CD ................................................................... 7 Installing the operating system using the HP Driver CD ...................................................................... 7 Warranty ............................................................................................................................................... 8 Platform Support .................................................................................................................................. 8 Localization .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Graphics ............................................................................................................................................... 8 System RAM ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Network cards ...................................................................................................................................... 9 4 HP Release Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 .................................................................. 12 Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 ................................................................. 14 Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 .............................................................. 16 5 Setting up large memory configurations Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Maximum memory allowed ................................................................................................................. 19 HP Installer Kit for Linux and factory preinstalled systems ................................................................ 20 x86 (32-bit) Red Hat Linux legacy information ................................................................................... 20 Bigmem and hugemem kernels ......................................................................................... 20 Bigmem, hugemem, and UP systems ............................................................................... 21 Performance implications .................................................................................................. 21 Large memory and Memory Type Range Registers .......................................................... 21 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 21 ENWW iii 6 Setting up multi-monitor configurations Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 23 Basics ................................................................................................................................................. 23 Graphics drivers ................................................................................................................. 23 Multiple graphics cards ...................................................................................................... 24 Multiple monitors and displays ........................................................................................... 24 Scalable Link Interface graphics acceleration ................................................................... 24 Independent and continuous displays ................................................................................................ 24 Independent display ........................................................................................................... 25 Continuous display ............................................................................................................ 25 Xinerama ........................................................................................................................... 25 NVIDIA TwinView .............................................................................................................. 25 ATI Big Desktop ................................................................................................................. 26 Multi-monitor configuration strategies ............................................................................................... 26 Configuring X with multiple graphics cards using the vizconfig tool ................................................... 27 Configuring XFree86/X.org by editing configuration files ................................................................... 28 Example configurations ...................................................................................................................... 33 Example A—Three-monitor configuration .......................................................................... 33 Example B—Four-monitor configuration ............................................................................ 36 Example C—Four-monitor configuration for current shipping HP Workstations ................ 38 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................................. 40 Known limitations ............................................................................................................................... 40 7 Using the HP 16x DVD burner Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 41 Recording modes, media type, and recording software ..................................................................... 41 CD and DVD burning software ........................................................................................................... 42 Cdrecord ............................................................................................................................ 42 Growisofs ........................................................................................................................... 42 8 Linux Audio: Installing and Configuring the Creative Labs X-Fi PCI audio card Installing Drivers ................................................................................................................................. 43 Verify Driver Installed Correctly .......................................................................................................... 44 Connecting 2.1 channel analog speakers to your audio card ........................................................... 44 Connecting your 2.1 channel