=== modified file 'debian/udev.initramfs-bottom'
--- debian/udev.initramfs-bottom	2011-06-26 19:16:15 +0000
+++ debian/udev.initramfs-bottom	2011-09-23 20:21:20 +0000
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 esac
 
 
+# Make sure we at least have /dev/console before we stop udev; if it's not
+# there yet, we can't start init below...
+[ -e /dev/console ] || udevadm settle
+
 # Stop udevd, we'll miss a few events while we run init, but we catch up
 udevadm control --exit