Bricked C3000

[puffy]

try repeating number 1 but don't press the fn button. just pull out the battery, press&hold D+M, wait for a few seconds and then reinsert the battery, the menu should come right up. i think that FN + D + M combination is only needed if you have uboot installed.

Did as you describe. No joy. Thanks for your help! I'm going to keep trying. I've been googling. Nothing is working so far. I am wondering if I buy a new microdrive if that would help. Still reading.

[Dromede]

puffy i suggest you read this carefully, it might help:
http://www.trisoft.de/pdf/c3000qse.pdf

[puffy]

puffy i suggest you read this carefully, it might help:
http://www.trisoft.de/pdf/c3000qse.pdf

Thank you.

[puffy]

I have botched an upgrade to OpenBSD 4.2.
As it happens, I need to use my service menu to fix things.

 I noticed when I bought this c3000 off of eBay that if I did not hold down D+B on powering up that this menu appears. It is totally unresponsive at this 1-4 menu in Japanese. I mean, no key works. I cannot select 1 2 3 or 4. I assume this is not normal as I read that at this menu you must select a number. But at that point I cannot do anything but reboot by taking out the battery and unplugging then replugging. Has anyone experienced this? All replys are welcome. I am bricked :-(
I miss my Zaurus a lot. Please help.

i don't know if the key works but the touchscreen should. did you try ?

Yes I did. Thanks.

[puffy]

perhaps you should try to flash another distro, angtrom or pdaxii13 for example
then go back to openbsd later    (or try debian on your c3000 !!!!

Wish I could. I'd run anything if I could. Debian, or really any linux distro, is cool. But I prefer stable to an extreme aka OpenBSD.