HP PL Class 450/500/550/600/650/700/750 Supplementary Manual
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Page 1: Recovery Guide
HP V Linux Setup and ISUALIZE Recovery Guide XL- and PL-Class Workstations Printed in USA Manufacturing Part Number: A1297-90011 Edition E1299 © Copyright 1999 Hewlett-Packard Company... -
Page 2: Legal Notices
RHmember More, Rough Cuts, Rawhide and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of RedHat, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Linux® is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. HP Printing Division: Hewlett-Packard Company 3404 E. Harmony Road Fort Collins, CO 80528-9599... - Page 3 HP Linux Warranty Informatio IMPORTANT HP has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of our product testing. However, because each customer’s environment is different from HP’s laboratory test environment, it is the customer’s responsibility to validate the Year 2000 readiness of these products in their own environment.
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
System Setup... 1 Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation... 3 Static Network Parameters... 4 DNS Configuration ... 4 Network Information Service ... 5 Miscellaneous Parameters... 5 System time and date ... 6 Time Zone... 6 Root Password ... 7 XServer ... 8 Summary ... -
Page 7: System Setup
System Setup... - Page 8 System Setup The HP V Linux Personal Workstation Owner’s Guide tells you ISUALIZE how to set up your Linux Personal Workstation and connect the display, keyboard, mouse, audio accessories and a network. After you have made these connections, follow the procedures described in this book to configure your Linux Personal Workstation and prepare to...
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Page 9: Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation
The start-up process is completely automatic. After a few minutes, the process ends and the monitor screen displays important information about Year 2000 readiness of the HP V ISUALIZE Linux Workstation and the software installed on it. When you have read this information, click OK at the bottom of the screen. -
Page 10: Static Network Parameters
System Setup Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation Static Network Parameters You need to enter the Static Network Parameters. Your system administrator can tell you your Personal Workstation’s IP Address and Hostname and your network’s Gateway and Netmask addresses. The system administrator can also suggest an appropriate Domain Name. After typing this information in the appropriate spaces, click on the button called Additional Network Services. -
Page 11: Network Information Service
System Setup Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation To change or remove an address, click on it to select it, and click on the Modify or Remove button above it. Network Information Service When you have entered all DNS information, click the Authentication tab at the top of the window. -
Page 12: System Time And Date
System Setup Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation System time and date The first row at the top of the window is for setting your system time and date. In the “Time:” box, type the current time using the 24-hour clock. In the “Day:”... -
Page 13: Root Password
System Setup Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation Root Password By default, the root user has no password. This is a serious security risk. We strongly recommend that you set one now by clicking on the “Set Root Password..” box. This brings up the window shown below: Choose a password, according to the directions in the window, and type it in the “Enter root password”... -
Page 14: Xserver
System Setup Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation X Server The next parameter button is “Configure X Server:”. Click this button to bring up the window shown below: Click the small button at the top left of the window if you want your workstation to boot up to an X-Windows login. -
Page 15: Summary
System Setup Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation Summary This completes the miscellaneous parameters you can set from the Linux Setup Tool window. If you want to erase the changes you have made and keep the current configuration settings, click on the “Reset Configuration”... - Page 16 System Setup Configuring Your Linux Personal Workstation Click OK to close this window. If you are satisfied with the information you have entered, click “Save” at the bottom of the Linux Setup Tool window to save this configuration. A message appears with instructions to press to reboot your Enter system.
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Page 17: System Recovery
System Recovery... - Page 18 System Recovery This chapter describes two methods for recovering from damage to your system hardware or software. The Linux Rescue Mode may allow you to recover important files or solve the problem when you are unable to boot the operating system. The Disaster Recovery procedure will reinstall the original software that was installed on your workstation at the factory.
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Page 19: The Linux Rescue Mode
Linux will not boot. Any computer can experience a hardware or software failure for many reasons. With the HP V happen because of problems with a hard drive or because LILO was not run after building a new kernel. -
Page 20: Making The Boot Disk
System Recovery The Linux Rescue Mode Making the boot disk To make a boot disk, you need to know the version of the Linux kernel your system is running. Type the command: uname -r and press Return This command returns a version number, for example, 2.2.5. Enter the command: mkbootdisk... -
Page 21: Using The Rescue Disk Set
To see the files in this directory, enter the following command: You see a file in this directory named “rescue.img”. Insert a blank disk in the floppy disk drive. Enter the following command to copy the “rescue.img” file from the CD to the disk: dd if=rescue.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k When the prompt returns, remove the floppy disk and label it as the rescue diskette. - Page 22 System Recovery The Linux Rescue Mode NOTE The man command is not available in rescue mode. You might want to make sure you know how to use all the above commands and what you can do with them before you need to use rescue mode. NOTE The pico command is an alternate text editor.
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Page 23: Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery If you are unable to use your HP V or the rescue disks, and cannot restore your software from a backup copy, you can use the Disaster Recovery disks provided with the workstation. These disks reinstall the original software your workstation came with. - Page 24 System Recovery Disaster Recovery Chapter 2...