TITLE: HP Workstation xw6200 System BIOS Packaged for Linux VERSION: 2.03 Rev. a DESCRIPTION: This package contains a System BIOS release for the HP Workstation xw6200, packaged in a way that is easily usable in a Linux operating system environment. PURPOSE: Recommended SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP31223 SUPERSEDES: SP30532 EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 2005 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Workstations PRODUCT MODEL(S): HP xw6200 Workstation: HP Workstation xw6200 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: N/A FIXES: - Fixes a BIOS upgrade issue that required user interaction after upgrading from BIOS version 1.06 or earlier. - Fixes a BIOS password security issue. - Fixes a pin-initialization issue that can cause the workstation to stop responding (hang) during startup (boot). 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 786B7_bios. 2. Refer to the README.TXT text file provided for further information about creating a bootable diskette and flashing the system BIOS. Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.