On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 10:30:31PM +0000, requiem. wrote: > Dear bugs@, > > I am trying to get a HP Compaq Mini 700 to work, and have had moderate > success until recently. > > The "stock" setup worked fine with 7.8-i386. I installed OpenBSD on > this before. > > Meanwhile I decided to do some modern upgrades -- it got a new SSD, and > a new, OpenBSD-compatible Atheros-chipset WiFi card. This meant having > to install an edited BIOS version (based on F.16) so as to remove the > PCIe whitelist. > > NetBSD 10.1 boots and runs fine on it, so does Windows XP if I need to > do it for testing. WiFi works, SSD works great. So I decided I would > try to re-install OpenBSD, but the 7.8 installer does not seem to boot. > > I am booting the 7.8-stable release from USB, and it dies very > early on. > > I get to the boot prompt, start "boot", and get the following: > > ``` > [...snip...] > random: good seed from bootblocks > mainbus0 at root > bios0 at mainbus0: date 04/30/10, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf0010, SMBIOS rev > 2.4 @ 0xfc520 (17 entries) > bios0: vendor Hewlett-Packard version "361A0 Ver. F.16" date 04/30/2010 > acpi0 at bios0panic: uvm_fault(0xd0afb770, 0xe052a000, 0, 1) -> e
looks like your edited/hacked-up bios is broken. if you revert to the non-edited bios, does it work? also could you send a dmesg from before, when it worked? > > The operating system has halted. > Press any key to reboot. > ``` > > Any pointers please? > > rqm >
