Monday, May 01, 2023

Re: Booting OpenBSD 7.3's i386 bsd.rd

On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 12:38, Damian McGuckin <damianm@esi.com.au> wrote:
[...]
> it appears to loads bsd.rd, but then drops straight back into the BIOS
> and starts the BIOS boot.
>
> Any suggestions.

Try switching the console to serial instead of relying on the BIOS:

boot> stty com0 19200
boot> set tty com0

(Replace 19200 with whatever the console speed is). If that works,
put it in /etc/boot.conf

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