2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/initrd/initrd-stuff/etc/functions b/initrd/initrd-stuff/etc/functions
index bb834756..f400425e 100644
--- a/initrd/initrd-stuff/etc/functions
+++ b/initrd/initrd-stuff/etc/functions
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ function trigger_device_events() {
     done
 
     # trigger the sorted events
-    for i in \$first \$default \$last; do
-       echo "add" > "\$i"
+    for i in $first $default $last; do
+       echo "add" > "$i"
    done
 }
 
diff --git a/initrd/initrd-stuff/init b/initrd/initrd-stuff/init
index 324ee103..2584c993 100755
--- a/initrd/initrd-stuff/init
+++ b/initrd/initrd-stuff/init
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ functionality. Without this\ninit script will not run."
 . /etc/sysconfig/config || ( echo -e "  The distribution \
 specific configuration file could not be found" && exit 1 )
 
-# run pre init script
-preinit
 date
 export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin/:/usr/sbin
 export date="08-02-2006"
-exec < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1
 
 export KERNEL="@@@KERNVER@@@"
 export NWMODULES="@@@NWMODULES@@@"
@@ -32,6 +29,8 @@ export DISTRO="@@@DISTRO@@@"
 
 DEVDIR="/dev"
 mount -n -t tmpfs -o 'size=25%,mode=0755' initramfsdevs ${DEVDIR}
+
+cp -a /tmp/null /tmp/console /dev
 mkdir -p ${DEVDIR}/pts
 mkdir -p ${DEVDIR}/shm
 mkdir -p ${DEVDIR}/.udevdb
@@ -40,6 +39,12 @@ mkdir -p ${DEVDIR}/.udevdb
 echo 256 > /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev
 [ ! -d /sys/class ] && mount -n -t sysfs sysfs /sys
 
+# redirect console (after /dev/console is available, and /dev mounted)
+exec < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1
+
+# run pre init script
+preinit
+
 # start device auto discovery service - distro specific function
 udev_hotplug
 # read kernel commandline
@@ -383,7 +388,6 @@ of this client did not finish in\n  time. You might check the process list \
 and list the modules loaded until\n  now."
 # close runlevel script for stuff to execute during early bootup
 d_mkbootld close
-bash
 # IP configuration is made and should not be updated automatically, udevd
 # should be killed if started within init
 killall -9 dhcpcd dhclient pump 2>/dev/null