Installing Sled With The Hp Driver Disc; Setting Up Ubuntu; Using The Hp Driver Disc; Proprietary Graphics Drivers - HP Z8 G4 User Manual

Installing SLED with the HP driver disc

1. If an HP driver disc did not come with your computer, create one (see
2. Install the operating system using the discs included in the SUSE box set.
3. After successfully installing the operating system, reboot the computer.
4. Insert your HP driver disc. The driver installation software automatically starts. Follow the on-screen
instructions to install the contents.

Setting up Ubuntu

HP offers a 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS preload on some Z series computers and supports 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04
on other computers.
Various versions of Ubuntu are certified and supported by Canonical on HP computers. For more information,
go to the Ubuntu Desktop certified hardware search page at
and search for your computer product.

Using the HP driver disc

Ubuntu does not require registration to obtain software package updates. Updates can be obtained from
various repositories on the web using a variety of tools built into the OS. An Internet connection and proxy
may be all that are required.
The HP-provided Linux driver disc for Ubuntu relies on the same mechanisms in order to satisfy dependencies
during installation. So the same Internet access is needed, as well as capability to elevate from the current
user session to administrator privileges.
In some cases, HP-tested proprietary graphics drivers may be the only "payload" delivered by the driver disc.
1. Install the operating system from your own installation media.
Ubuntu is available at no cost from http://www.ubuntu.com.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Insert your HP driver disc. The driver installation software automatically starts.
4. When prompted for the administrator password, type the password in the field.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the drivers appropriate to your hardware configuration.

Proprietary graphics drivers

Most HP computers can be ordered with graphics cards that have been through extensive verification by HP.
For a list of supported cards, see Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations at
linux_hardware_matrix.
NOTE: Not all graphics cards are available on every computer. Limitations generally occur for cards that
consume large amounts of power in lower-power computers.
Third-party proprietary graphics drivers supported by HP, and the list of graphics vendors is available with the
SLED 11 and Ubuntu preloads on Z series computers, and from HP support at
products/workstations-thin-clients/.
These proprietary drivers are not a standard part of the RHEL, SLED, or Ubuntu distributions because they are
not open source. Driver revisions more recent than those at the HP support website are supported directly by
the vendor.
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