Downloading The Latest Hp Driver Cd Contents; Reinstalling The Factory Linux Image With The Hp Driver Cd Contents; Upgrading Device Drivers; Setting Up Red Flag Linux - HP xw4550 Service And Technical Reference Manual

Downloading the latest HP driver CD contents

Download the latest HP Driver CD to receive any new enhancements as follows:
1. See http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_swdrivers.
2. Find your workstation model and operating system.
3. Select your driver CD under Software, and follow the directions under Release Notes.

Reinstalling the factory Linux image with the HP driver CD contents

1. Boot your workstation from the Binary CD 1 of the restore media.
2. Insert the Linux operating system CDs.
3. Continue following the prompts until the operating system is successfully installed.
4. Configure the X server to start on reboot.
5. Reboot your workstation.
6. Follow the prompts to set up your system with the Red Hat First Boot utility.
7. When prompted in First Boot to add additional CDs, insert the HP Driver CD into the optical drive
tray of your workstation.
8. Select Install next to Additional CDs. The HP Driver CD window opens.
9. Select Press to begin install.
When the install is done, you will have two options available—Reboot now... on the left side
and Press to continue, reboot later... on the right side.
10. Select Reboot now...

Upgrading device drivers

To upgrade a Linux device driver, see: http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_swdrivers.

Setting up Red Flag Linux

Hewlett-Packard offers the Red Flag Linux operating system as a preloaded option on the HP xw4550
Workstation in certain countries, but does not, however, support the Red Flag Linux operating system.
For more information on Red Flag Linux and the Red Flag operating system software, see:
http://www.redflag-linux.com.
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