Here you go ... qemu-system-arm -serial stdio -nographic -M versatilepb -kernel zImage-2.6.34-r4-qemuarm.bin -hda minimal-console-image-eglibc-ipk-dev-snapshot-20101110-qemuarm.rootfs.ext3 -append "root=/dev/sda"
And the output ... chardev: opening backend "stdio" failed qemu: could not open serial device 'stdio': Inappropriate ioctl for device Thoughts? Thanks! On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 02:43 PM, "David S. Ahern" <daah...@cisco.com> wrote: > On 11/11/10 13:37, Russell Morris wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the pointer! I tried this, but I get an error message, as > > follows ... > > > > *chardev: opening backent "stdio" failed* > > > > *qemu: could not open serial device 'stdio': Inappropriate ioctl for > > device.* > > qemu command line? > > David > > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 11:22 AM, "David S. Ahern" <daah...@cisco.com> wrote: > > > > On 11/11/10 09:57, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:50, <q...@rkmorris.us > > <q...@rkmorris.us>> wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Is there a way to log / copy the console output (like the Linux > > boot info, if booting QEMU to Linux) to a file? > > > > > > I think you could consider booting Linux in serial console...then > > > start Qemu with -nographic. From there, everything will be spilled > > > right in your standart output. Then you can use your favourite method > > > to save the output...let's say using "script" command. > > > > > > > I use 'screen' and its logging capability (Ctrl-a H). Launch the VM with > > '-serial stdio -nographic' and have the guest console directed to ttyS0 > > (console=ttyS0 kernel arg). > > > > David >