From 02ce104d54db0fcc56ff86baa65ebe3de064fe3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Cady <d@cryptonomic.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 14:08:23 -0500
Subject: initrd: more responsive/user-friendly boot logging

---
 initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat b/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat
index 89e39ef..71d7f17 100644
--- a/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat
+++ b/initramfs-tools/scripts/samizdat
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ mountroot()
   bootwait root-mounted
   write_resolv_dot_conf
   chvt 1
+  clear >/dev/tty1
+  cat >/dev/tty1 <<EOF
+
+Success: Samizdat mounted the rootfs.
+Debian initramfs tools will now boot the rootfs.
+This should only take a minute.  Press alt-f9 for rescue terminal.
+EOF
 }
 
 wait_for_gnupghome_tar()
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