HP Installer Kit for Linux: Important Red Hat/SUSE Linux installation information

HP Driver Discs for Linux:

Important Linux installation

information

Your HP workstation was configured without a Linux Operating System (OS), as you requested.

Hewlett-Packard has offered this solution to allow you more flexibility in installing the OS of your

choice:

• Ubuntu Linux

• Red Hat Linux

• SUSE Linux

This media kit (sometimes called the Linux Drivers Media Kit or the HP Installer Kit for Linux) does not

include an OS. To install your Linux OS, you must obtain installation media. You may choose to

download installation images (sometimes with an attached software update subscription) from the

following distributor websites and install the OS according to the instructions:

• http://www.redhat.com

• http://www.suse.com/products/desktop

• http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

NOTE: The OS must be downloaded from the Web in order to be used with the installer or

driver disc in this kit.

Supported operating systems

Hewlett-Packard supports multiple versions of Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE

Enterprise Linux on HP workstations. Depending on the vintage of the platform, these versions

include:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 6 (x86_64)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x86_64)

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (x86_64)

NOTE: Some of these OS streams might no longer be supported or available from the

distributors. Specific platforms are supported with OS releases that enable the hardware

architecture and components. Older releases might not work with newer hardware. Consult

the HP Workstations Linux Hardware Matrix and the OS distributor certification catalog for

details.

To provide flexibility in installing a specific version of the Linux OS, HP has created driver discs. These

discs are included in the media kit you have purchased, and the media images (the .iso images) for

these discs can also be downloaded from the HP support website at

http://www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport.

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753805-003 (HPIKL Installer Card).fm Page 1 Friday, February 26, 2016 4:34 PM HP Driver Discs for Linux: Important Linux installation information Your HP workstation was configured without a Linux Operating System (OS), as you requested. Hewlett-Packard has offered this solution to allow you more flexibility in installing the OS of your choice: • Ubuntu Linux • Red Hat Linux • SUSE Linux This media kit (sometimes called the Linux Drivers Media Kit or the HP Installer Kit for Linux) does not include an OS.
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753805-003 (HPIKL Installer Card).fm Page 2 Friday, February 26, 2016 4:34 PM The driver disks provide proprietary graphics drivers and, in some cases, other kernel updates and packages to improve the performance and user experience on the workstation platform. They are normally applied after the OS installation is complete.
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