Chapter
6.
Installing
the
operating
system
The
blade
workstation
comes
with
Microsoft
Windows
Vista
Business
Blade
PC
(64-bit)
installed
on
it.
To
install
a
different
supported
operating
system
on
a
blade
workstation,
download
the
latest
operating-system
installation
instructions
from
http://www.ibm.com/
systems/support/
and
install
the
operating
system.
Go
to
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
for
a
list
of
supported
operating
systems
for
the
blade
workstation.
Important:
The
operating
system
in
the
blade
workstation
must
provide
USB
support
for
the
blade
workstation
to
recognize
and
use
the
removable-media
drives
and
front-panel
USB
ports.
Downloading
installation
instructions
To
download
operating-system
installation
instructions,
complete
the
following
steps.
Note:
Changes
are
made
periodically
to
the
IBM
Web
site.
The
actual
procedure
might
vary
slightly
from
what
is
described
in
this
document.
1.
Go
to
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
2.
Under
Product
support
,
click
BladeCenter
.
3.
From
the
menu
on
the
left
side
of
the
page,
click
BladeCenter
support
search
.
4.
From
the
Task
menu,
select
Install
.
5.
From
the
Product
family
menu,
select
BladeCenter
HC10
.
6.
From
the
Operating
system
menu,
select
your
operating
system,
and
then
click
Search
to
display
the
available
installation
documents.
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Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2007
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