[rescue] OpenBSD on Intel (actually)

[Andrew Weiss]

What model did you say this unit was?

Andrew

P.S. run setup program means to enter the bios... only Compaqs store 
that on a floppy or a special hard drive... unless this machine has 
EISA slots.  Chances are your bios is locked out and configured not to 
display how to get into it at first boot.  Did you hit escape when the 
splash screen comes up (if there is one)


On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 07:43  PM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> Linc Fessenden writes ...
>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Robert Rose wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm, maybe it's time to try the deliberate error trick, works on IBM
>>> 300GL/PL boxen at work.  Heres what you do:
>>>
>>> 1. Power off peecee, open it up and remove something like the
>>>    floppy cable or a simm.
>>> 2. Power it up, wait for it to bitch about the problem.
>>> 3. See if it throws you into the BIOS configuration to fix the error.
>>> 4. Make the changes you actually needed to make, plus you'll
>>>    probably need to amend the configuration to tell it there is no
>>>    floppy/less ram.
>>> 5. Power off, replace the floppy cable or simm.
>>> 6. Power it up, re-fix the error in the BIOS again.
>>> 7. Power off, replace cover and you're good.
>
> A time-honored method.
>
>> Try my standard PC-bios trick..  Flip the floppy cable over and plug 
>> it
>> back in on only 1 end.  Usually errors out the bios.
>
> Most of the stuff in this Dell chassis is amazingly hard to get to.  I 
> can't
> imagine that having all those proprietary parts and concommitant 
> difficult
> assembly increases their profit margin.  Anyway, I tried removing the 
> HD
> cable, but it just hung when powered on.  I'll try a SIMM. I think I 
> can get
> one out without taking out the riser board chassis subassembly.  Maybe 
> I can
> get it back in, too....
>
> <later> Well, now I know why no keystroke will do it.  When you pull a 
> SIMM,
> it says "Memory size mismatch ... Run SETUP program" and keeps going.  
> From
> this I infer that you have to run the SETUP program to configure the 
> BIOS.
> So, I'll go find that; I'm sure it's hidden on the Dell website 
> somewhere.
>
> -Shel
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue