A. The first step is to select the video card. The installer should have already probed
the card. Verify that the correct card was identified with the proper amount of
RAM. Click
Next.
B. At the
Monitor Configuration
screen, select your Monitor.
Entering wrong
horizontal and/or vertical sync rate may damage your monitor. Please
consult your system documentation.
Click
Next
.
C. At the "Graphic Configuration" screen, select the color depth and the screen
resolution. Click on
Test setting
to ensure that the monitor will support the
chosen configuration. You may also have to select between the two desktop
environments: KDE and GNOME. If you set the login type to Graphical, the GUI
will be loaded at boot time. Click
Next
.
24. After all packages are installed, you will be able to create a boot disk. Insert a new
floppy disk in the drive and press
Next
. When the process completes, carefully label
the floppy Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional boot disk and store it in a safe place.
25. Installation instructions for installing HP Instant Top Tools and Agents can be found
in the README file that accompanies those software packages. These software
packages can be downloaded from the HP website at:
http://h20004.www2.hp.com/keeper_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix70272en_US.html
26. Finish the installation and reboot the system.
If you are using an Intel 10/100 NIC (D5013B, P2511A, P3492A) or the Embedded
10/100 NIC, then complete the steps below. If you are not using one of these NIC's
the Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional installation is complete.
Hewlett Packard does not support the default NIC driver installed with Red Hat
Linux 8.0 Professional for the Intel 10/100 NIC (D5013B, P2511A, P3492A) or the
Embedded 10/100 NIC. The steps below load the NIC driver that Hewlett Packard
supports.
27. From the console, enter the command:
cd /etc
28. Enter the command:
vi modules.conf
29. Change the
alias
ethX eepro100
to
alias
ethX e100
NOTE: The
X
in
ethX
should be the number corresponding to the NIC you are
working with.
30. Save and quit VI.
31. Enter the command:
lsmod
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