What am I supposed to do here? Does it require some weird incantation in order to load the kernel? It turns out you just have to hit enter.
Did you really think every server running OpenBSD requires someone to hit enter on the console to boot it?
Did you really think every server running OpenBSD requires someone to hit enter on the console to boot it?
Additionally, the manual tells you how to adjust the default boot settings.
After years of dealing with poor documentation, it takes some habit-building in order to check the openbsd manual every time you have a question. On Linux my first impulse is Google/StackOverflow.