On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 11:43:17PM +0100, Pieter Verberne wrote: > Actually, obsd.img is empty. I'm trying to start a fresh installation. > And, I should be able to see BIOS messages like "Starting SeaBIOS" > and "Booting from" anyway, right?
Wrong. The BIOS doesn't print those messages to the serial console. The trick with /etc/boot.conf does work; this should transform the cd48.iso install cd into a 'serial' one: $ echo 'set tty com0' > /tmp/boot.conf $ growisofs -M cd48.iso -l -graft-points /etc/boot.conf=/tmp/boot.conf Then: $ qemu -nographic -cdrom cd48.iso >> OpenBSD/i386 CDBOOT 3.15 boot> booting cd0a:/4.8/i386/bsd.rd: 5900404
