# HOWTO Use a Compaq Remote Insight Lights Out Edition for a Headless, Remote Linux Installation

### Marc Nozell

Compaq Computer Corporation

marc.nozell@compaq.com

Revision History
Revision v1.1 | 10 April 2002 | Revised by: MN
Update for new Red Hat release, new RIB/LOE firmware v2.41 release screenshots, add grub.conf suggestion, misc cleanup of filenames/hostnames.
Revision v1.0 | 25 October 2000 | Revised by: MN
Initial public release.

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.

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