[NTLUG:Discuss] install enterprise Linux on new HP PC

[Steve Martindell]

We just purchased a new HP workstation that came with FreeDOS as the
only installed OS.
It also comes with the ~latest SuSE SLED and RHEL DVDs, which HP
intended to work
on this machine. This machine will be used to run Cadence IC design
tools under Linux.

--> I want to install SuSE SLED.

--> In the PC setup menu, the boot order is: optical, then USB, then Hard-drive.

Note, the last time I installed SuSE linux, was OpenSUSE 10.3 in ~2008
timeframe.
At that time, I just inserted the Linux DVD#1, restarted the PC, and
went thru the install
procedure.

But now, when I insert the SLED(or the RHEL) DVD and restart, it
always comes up to FreeDOS OS.

--> so I guess theses are not bootable-installation DVD's
--> or the drivers for the DVD are not in the BIOS !?
     when I do "D: <cr>" , FreeDOS can't see the DVD drive
--> when I look at the DVD's on another PC, there is a GLIBC directory
and some other
     directories that don't contain OS stuff, and an "install.sh" script.
--> and HP doesn't provide any install instructions !?

Question --> so how do these "enterprise" versions of Linux install on
the HP PC ?
   --> the DVD's don't boot !?

   --> we don't do installs from the local network,

   --> do I ftp from FreeDOS to get a large tar of the OS ?

   --> anyone here have any experience with HP PC and Enterprise Linux install ?

  thanks
     steve martindell