On 2022-11-14, Harald Dunkel <harald.dun...@aixigo.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > according to boot(8) holding the Ctrl key is supposed to interrupt > boot before /etc/boot.conf is read. But it doesn't. I see boot's > message on VGA that it switches over to serial (as mentioned in > boot.conf), and then it doesn't boot for a reason I would like to > investigate. The screen stays black. > > I am sure that console redirection is turned off in the BIOS. > OpenBSD is version 7.2. USB Keyboard.
Timing for this is extremely touchy on some machines. You may do better if you tap it repeatedly starting from a little before the time the bios hands over to the boot loader. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
