--- postinst-old	2012-10-08 18:19:04.972194281 +0100
+++ postinst	2012-10-08 18:29:09.144195461 +0100
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 # Work out user parameters.
 user_params=quiet
 if db_get debian-installer/framebuffer && [ "$RET" = true ]; then
-    user_params="$user_params splash"
+    user_params="$user_params splash vt.handoff=7"
 fi
 user_params="$(echo $user_params $(user-params))" || true
 
@@ -490,6 +490,22 @@
 	append="$user_params"
 EOF
 fi
+
+writeyabootconf <<EOF
+
+image=$kernel
+	label=Linux-recovery
+	read-only
+EOF
+if [ "$initrd" ]; then
+    writeyabootconf <<EOF
+	initrd=$initrd
+EOF
+fi
+writeyabootconf <<EOF
+	append="recovery nomodeset"
+EOF
+
 writeyabootconf <<EOF
 
 image=$kernel.old