Index: generic/linuxrc
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--- generic/linuxrc	(revision 570)
+++ generic/linuxrc	(working copy)
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$0" = '/linuxrc' ] || [ "$0" = 'linuxrc' ]
 then
 	[ ! -e ${CHROOT}/dev/console ] && mknod ${CHROOT}/dev/console c 5 1
-	echo -ne "${GOOD}>>${NORMAL}${BOLD} Booting"
+	echo -ne "${GOOD}>>${NORMAL}${BOLD} Booting${NORMAL}"
 
 	cd ${CHROOT}
 	mkdir ${CHROOT}/proc ${CHROOT}/sys 2>/dev/null
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ then
 	then
 		sleep 10
 	fi
-	echo -n '.'
+	echo -ne "${BOLD}.${NORMAL}"
 
 	if /tmp/.initrd/bin/[ "${USE_DEVFS_NORMAL}" -eq '1' -a "${CDROOT}" -eq '0' ]
 	then
@@ -762,13 +762,13 @@ then
 		umount /sys 2>/dev/null
 		umount /tmp/.initrd/sys 2>/dev/null
 	fi
-	echo -n '.'
+	echo -ne "${BOLD}.${NORMAL}"
 
 	# /usr/src/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt:
 	#	exec chroot . /sbin/init </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1
 
+	echo -e "${BOLD}.${NORMAL}"
 	exec <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1
-	echo '.'
 	exec chroot . /bin/sh <<- EOF
 		umount /tmp/.initrd || echo "*: Failed to unmount the initrd!"
 		/sbin/blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0 >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -778,14 +778,14 @@ elif [ "$0" = '/init' ]
 then
 	[ ! -e ${CHROOT}/dev/console ] && mknod ${CHROOT}/dev/console c 5 1
 	[ ! -e ${CHROOT}/dev/tty1 ] && mknod ${CHROOT}/dev/tty1 c 4 1
-	echo -ne "${GOOD}>>${NORMAL}${BOLD} Booting (initramfs)"
+	echo -ne "${GOOD}>>${NORMAL}${BOLD} Booting (initramfs)${NORMAL}"
 
 	cd ${CHROOT}
 	mkdir ${CHROOT}/proc ${CHROOT}/sys 2>/dev/null
-	echo -n '.'
+	echo -ne "${BOLD}.${NORMAL}"
 		umount /sys || echo '*: Failed to unmount the initrd /sys!'
 		umount /proc || echo '*: Failed to unmount the initrd /proc!'
-	echo -n '.'
+	echo -e "${BOLD}.${NORMAL}"
 
 	exec switch_root -c "/dev/console" "${CHROOT}" ${REAL_INIT:-/sbin/init} ${INIT_OPTS}
 fi