Run the emulation with: qemu-system-sh4 -M r2d -kernel output/images/zImage -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,if=ide -append "root=/dev/sda console=ttySC1,115200 noiotrap" -serial null -serial stdio The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The graphical window is the framebuffer. Tested with QEMU 1.4.0