My question is: is the hvc0 attached in the installed system, that is: are there runnging agettys not only on /dev/tty1 upto /dev/tty6 but also on /dev/hvc0? Please show ps aux | grep agetty cat /proc/cmdline of the *installed* system. Also I'd like to know what happens if you specify console=hvc0,38400 for the rescue mode on the kernel's command line.