TITLE: HP Workstation xw8200 System BIOS Packaged for Linux

VERSION: 2.04 Rev. a

DESCRIPTION:
This package contains an updated System BIOS release for the HP Workstation 
xw8200, packaged in a way that is easily usable within a Linux operating system 
environment. 

PURPOSE: Routine

SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP31458
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 2005
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP xw8200 Workstation: HP Workstation xw8200

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AMD64/EM64T)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86)
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3

LANGUAGE(S): 
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Taiwanese Chinese
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Adds support for new processor steppings. 
- Improves reliability of the SCSI controller during initialization.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download and extract the .TGZ file. For example, to extract the contents, at 
console prompt type (where ''filename'' is replaced by the name of the file to 
be extracted): 
''tar -xzvf filename.tgz''

This command extracts files to the directory 786B8_bios.

2. For further information about creating a bootable diskette and flashing the 
system BIOS, refer to the README text file that is provided in the SoftPaq.



Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.