Index: src/rc.c
===================================================================
--- src/rc.c	(revision 2814)
+++ src/rc.c	(working copy)
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
 	} while (! WIFEXITED (status) && ! WIFSIGNALED (status));
 
 	if (! WIFEXITED (status) || ! WEXITSTATUS (status) == 0)
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+		eerrorx ("%s: failed to exec `%s'", applet, script);
 }
 
 #include "_usage.h"
Index: sh.Linux/init-early.sh
===================================================================
--- sh.Linux/init-early.sh	(revision 2813)
+++ sh.Linux/init-early.sh	(working copy)
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 		font="$(cat "${RC_LIBDIR}"/console/font)"
 		CONSOLE="${CONSOLE:-/dev/console}"
 		[ -c "${CONSOLE}" ] && cons="-C ${CONSOLE}"
-		setfont ${cons} "${RC_LIBDIR}"/console/"${font}"
+		[ -c "${cons}" ] && setfont ${cons} "${RC_LIBDIR}"/console/"${font}"
 	fi
 fi
+
+# Ensure we exit 0 so the boot continues
+exit 0