> I've HP compaq 6715s laptop. > It's all right with 10-current. > I've got wireless and at one point > I even managed to get flash working. > > My problem is with BIOS. > Apparently it's wrong and John Baldwin > provided me with a pci.c patch to get > it to boot. > > There is an updated BIOS version, but > so far I failed to get it installed. > HP only provide MS and freedos executables. > I tried BartPE - doesn't work. > I tried plugging in a MS disk - doesn't work. > The only think I haven't tried is getting > a spare disk, installing freedos on it > and then running the freedos executable > from USB - what a fucking pain... > > For proper hardware (servers) HP provide > images which are executed from management > console, but not for laptops. > I guess the idea that one might > use their laptops for anything other than MS > is so wild, that it never crossed their maid. > > Anyway, I think I've heard there are some laptops > with no BIOS, is this true? > Or perhaps there are brands where BIOS > reflash is not such a great pain? > I remember on Compaq Armada the BIOS was > stored on disk and Compaq provided a floppy > image to boot from and reflash BIOS. > That was easy. > Anything like this exist these days? > Are there any EFI laptops? > Any model people would recommend? > > Thanks > > Anton
Another approach is to use an external SPI programmer: http://flashrom.org/Supported_programmers The 'downside' of this is that you need to take your laptop apart. ODM schematics of your laptop are found here: http://notebookschematic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/6515b_6715s.png Downloads for BIOS updates: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3356623&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3368539&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093#120 and ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp55501-56000/sp55556.exe My guess (I am not a HP service technician) is that you need ROM.CAB/Rom.bin from sp55556.exe - you can use 7zip to extract Rom.bin _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"