Actually I did mention to you in my email that I am using the F.14 BIOS update, but you are correct I did not provide the URL to where I downloaded it from, so here it is:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/22830.html Thanks to Jeff's info on the serial setup, here is the results of my boot: --- boot> >> OpenBSD/i386 CDBOOT 1.04 boot> booting cd0a:/3.8/i386/bsd.rd: /4369156+828044+151072+137381=0x53b600 entry point at 0x100120 } Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2005 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 3.8 (RAMDISK_CD) #794: Sat Sep 10 15:58:32 MDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 598 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,F XSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,SBF,EST,TM2 real mem = 536256512 (523688K) avail mem = 483438592 (472108K) using 4278 buffers containing 26914816 bytes (26284K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(c3) BIOS, date 06/23/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf0000 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: flags 130102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x2000 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf0840/160 (8 entries) pcibios0: bad IRQ table checksum pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf6360/160 (8 entries) pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 10 11 pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found: ICU vendor 0x8086 product 0x24cc pcibios0: PCI bus #5 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82855PE Hub" rev 0x03 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82855PE AGP" rev 0x03 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility M10 NP" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x03: irq 10 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x03: irq 10 usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x03: irq 10 uvm_fault(0xd055a340, 0x0, 0, 1) -> e fatal page fault in supervisor mode trap type 6 code 0 eip d02ceebf cs 50 eflags 10202 cr2 4 cpl 40 panic: trap type 6, code=0, pc=d02ceebf The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. -------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 19:24:29 -0500 From: "Jeff Quast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD 3.8 on HP NC6000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 4/1/06, Bachman Kharazmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have any possibility to debug the freeze using a null-modem > cable and redirect all output from boot> to serial? This can be done > with a serial cable and by typing: > "set tty com0" at bootprompt. > > I'm afraid your worst problem is that your lappy don't have com port.. > /bkw it has one. > On 31/03/06, Peter Bako <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > read the battery status, it simply was not able to do so. I figured > > the problem had to do with the older BIOS on the laptop, so I > > download and installed the latest version from the HP web site. The > > new BIOS now has a battery info page whereas it did not before. > > > > This is where things get fun... I tried to boot up my system but > > OpenBSD crashed almost immediately after the initial boot prompt. > > Obviously I figured that the BIOS update had something to do with > > it, but as a test I tried to boot with single user mode - still > > crashed. I have an HP NC6000 I would be more than happy to reproduce the problem with and record over a serial cable -- * if I could only get the same BIOS upgrade that Peter used * --. I traded two emails with him and he failed to see the importance of linking me to the bios upgrade he used.
