<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >HOWTO Use a Compaq Remote Insight Lights Out Edition for a Headless, Remote Linux Installation </TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2">HOWTO Use a Compaq Remote Insight Lights Out Edition for a Headless, Remote Linux Installation</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Marc Nozell</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><SPAN CLASS="ORGNAME" > Compaq Computer Corporation <BR></SPAN ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > marc.nozell@compaq.com<br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >10 April 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: MN</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Update for new Red Hat release, new RIB/LOE firmware v2.41 release screenshots, add grub.conf suggestion, misc cleanup of filenames/hostnames.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >25 October 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: MN</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial public release.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN22"><P ></P ><P > This document describes how to install Linux on a headless Compaq ProLiant server with a Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition card without physical access to the system. The installation is done remotely through the use of a Java-enabled browser. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#ACKS" >Trademarks</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN36" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN39" >Distribution Policy</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="x51.html" >Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out Background</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="x51.html#FEATURES" >Key Features</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="x82.html" >Linux Installation using a Remote Insight Lights-Out</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="x82.html#AEN85" >Hardware Installation</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="x82.html#AEN88" >Setting up a Linux Distribution Point</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="x82.html#AEN108" >Creating a Virtual Floppy Disk</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="x82.html#AEN124" >Downloading a Virtual Floppy Disk to the Server</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="x82.html#AEN162" >Power on and Booting</A ></DT ><DT >3.6. <A HREF="x82.html#AEN218" >Post-installation configuration</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >