v10.01+2.1.12

- Bundle `archzfs` as a DKMS module. - Enable serial console for all boot options, including Memtest86+. - Add EFI boot progress indicators for kernel/initramfs/system stages. - Print headers and done vs. skipped indicators for each build step. - Polish `issue(5)`. Fixes #9.
2025-12-06 07:12:01 +01:00 · 2023-07-04 21:52:12 -05:00 · 2023-07-04 21:52:12 -05:00 · aaf018df1e
parent 8c76cdfb5c
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -1,69 +1,72 @@
-# SystemRescue
+# Overview

-## Project website
-Homepage: https://www.system-rescue.org/
+**SystemRescue+ZFS** is a fork of the [SystemRescue](http://www.system-rescue.org/) distribution (based on [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org)) with the following improvements:

-## Project sources
-This git repository contains SystemRescue sources files. This is based on
-https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/
+- [ZFS](https://github.com/archzfs/archzfs/) supported out of the box
+- [Serial console](#serial-console) enabled for all boot options, including [Memtest86+](https://www.memtest.org/)
+- EFI boot progress indicators for the kernel/initramfs/system stages
+- Headers and done vs. skipped indicators for each build step
+- Extra polish

-## Building SystemRescue
-SystemRescue can be built for x86_64 or i686 architectures. It must be built
-on archlinux if you want to build a 64bit edition, or archlinux32 if you want
-to create a 32bit edition. The following packages must be installed on the
-build system: archiso, grub, isomd5sum, mtools, edk2-shell, hugo. 
+# Serial console

-You need to use a modified version of archiso for the build to work. This 
-version is provided in the custom `sysrescuerepo` repository. See the 
-`pacman.conf` file in the source. Either copy the `sysrescuerepo` section 
-into your `/etc/pacman.conf` or replace the whole `/etc/pacman.conf` file with 
-the one from the source. Install archiso afterwards.
+A serial terminal is enabled out of the box on `ttyS0`/`COM1` at 115,200 baud. If these settings are unsuitable, adjust the configuration of the appropriate bootloader and the [kernel](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/serial-console.html), then [build](#building) a new image.

-The package list contains packages which are not part of the official binary
-package repositories from Arch Linux. These packages are also provided in the
-`sysrescuerepo` repository. If you want to rebuild them, see 
-[systemrescue-custompkg](https://gitlab.com/systemrescue/systemrescue-custompkg).
-Create a local repository out of them with `repo-add`, host it on a webserver
-and then adapt pacman.conf.
+## Bootloader

-The build process requires the systemrescue-website repository which is included
-as git submodule. So when checking out this repository, make sure to check out
-the submodule too. This can be done for example with
-`git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/systemrescue/systemrescue-sources.git`
+| [GRUB](https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html) (EFI boot) | [SYSLINUX](https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=SYSLINUX) (legacy boot) |
+| --- | --- |
+| 📍 [`efiboot/grub/grubsrcd.cfg`](efiboot/grub/grubsrcd.cfg)<br/>`serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 …` | 📍 [`syslinux/sysresccd_head.cfg`](syslinux/sysresccd_head.cfg)<br/>`SERIAL 0 115200` |

-The build process can be started by running the build.sh script. It will create
-a large "work" sub-directory and the ISO file will be written in the "out"
-sub-directory.
+## Kernel

-## Building SystemRescue with docker
-If you are not running archlinux, you can run the build process in docker
-containers. You need to have a Linux system running with docker installed
-and configured. You can use the scripts provided in the `docker` folder of
-this repository.
+📍 [`build.sh`](build.sh)<br/>`consoles='console=ttyS0,115200 …'`

-You must export the environment variable named `sysrescuearch` before you
-run the two helper scripts. It should be set as either `x86_64` or `i686`
-depending on the target architecture for which you want to build the ISO image.
+# Building

-After this, you need to run the script which builds a new docker image, and
-then the script which uses this docker image to builds the ISO image. The second
-script will pass the arguments it receives to the main `build.sh` script.
+`$ sudo ./build.sh [-d] [-v]`

-For example you can build a 64bit version of SystemRescue in docker using these commands:
-```
-export sysrescuearch="x86_64"
-./docker/build-docker-image.sh
-./docker/build-iso-image.sh -v
-```
+- `-d`: Turn off compression, significantly speeding up development builds.
+- `-v`: Print more information while building (strongly recommended).

-## Including your SystemRescueModules
-If you want to include your own [SystemRescueModules][srm], place their srm files
-in the [srm](./srm) directory of the repository before running the build script.
+## Dependencies

-[srm]: https://www.system-rescue.org/Modules/
+[Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org) with the following packages installed:
+- `arch-install-scripts`
+- `archiso` from the custom [SystemRescue repository](https://sysrescuerepo.system-rescue.org/) ⚠️
+- `base-devel`
+- `edk2-shell`
+- `grub`
+- `hugo`
+- `isomd5sum`
+- `mtools`

-## Project sponsors
+## Rebuilds

-Infrastructure for SystemRescue is sponsored by:
+The state of successful [build steps](#steps) is persisted in `work/build.make_*` files. If such a file exists for a given build step, `build.sh` skips that step indefinitely. State files must be manually deleted for any steps that one wants reexecuted.

-|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [<img src="https://www.system-rescue.org/images/fastly_logo_large.png" width=150 alt="fastly">](https://www.fastly.com)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [<img src="https://www.system-rescue.org/images/netcup_logo_large.png" width=150 alt="netcup">](https://www.netcup.eu)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |
+### Full rebuild
+
+`$ sudo rm work/build.make_*`
+
+### Partial rebuild
+
+Delete the state file for the desired step **and any downstream steps**. For example, if you have customized the GRUB configuration, you must remove `build.make_efi` and its successors `build.make_efiboot` and `build.make_iso`.
+
+## Steps
+
+1. `make_pacman_conf`
+2. `make_basefs`
+3. `make_documentation`
+4. `make_packages`
+5. `make_customize_airootfs`
+6. `make_setup_mkinitcpio`
+7. `make_boot`
+8. `make_boot_extra`
+9. `make_syslinux`
+10. `make_isolinux`
+11. `make_efi`
+12. `make_efiboot`
+13. `make_prepare`
+14. `make_imageinfo`
+15. `make_iso`
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -1 +1 @@
-10.01
+10.01+2.1.12
--- a/airootfs/etc/issue
+++ b/airootfs/etc/issue
@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-\e[01;31m ========= \e[01;37mSystemRescue %ISO_VERSION% (%ISO_ARCH%)\e[01;31m ======== \e[01;37m\l\e[00;37m/6\e[01;31m =========
-                    \e[00;31mhttps://www.system-rescue.org/
+\e[01;31m============== \e[01;37m%ISO_APPLICATION% %ISO_VERSION%\e[01;31m --- \e[01;37m\l \e[01;31m==============
+               \e[01;31m%ISO_URL%

-\e[00;31m*\e[01;31m Console environment\e[00;37m :
-   Run \e[01;37msetkmap\e[00;37m to choose the keyboard layout (also accessible with the arrow up key)
-   Run \e[01;37mmanual\e[00;37m to read the documentation of SystemRescue
+\e[00;31m*\e[01;31m Console environment:\e[00;37m
+  Run \e[01;37msetkmap\e[00;37m or press ↑ to choose the keyboard layout.
+  Run \e[01;37mmanual\e[00;37m to read the SystemRescue documentation.

-\e[00;31m*\e[01;31m Graphical environment\e[00;37m :
-   Type \e[01;37mstartx\e[00;37m to run the graphical environment
+\e[00;31m*\e[01;31m Graphical environment:\e[00;37m
+  Run \e[01;37mstartx\e[00;37m to start the graphical environment.
  X.Org comes with the XFCE environment and several graphical tools:
-   \e[00;31m-\e[00;37m Partition manager: .. \e[01;37mgparted\e[00;37m
-   \e[00;31m-\e[00;37m Web browser: ........ \e[01;37mfirefox\e[00;37m
-   \e[00;31m-\e[00;37m Text editor: ........ \e[01;37mfeatherpad\e[00;37m
+  \e[00;31m-\e[00;37m Partition manager: \e[01;37mgparted\e[00;37m
+  \e[00;31m-\e[00;37m Web browser:       \e[01;37mfirefox\e[00;37m
+  \e[00;31m-\e[00;37m Text editor:       \e[01;37mfeatherpad\e[00;37m

--- a/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
+++ b/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sed -i 's/#\(HandleLidSwitch=\)suspend/\1ignore/' /etc/systemd/logind.conf
 ln -sf /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules

 # config symlink
-mkdir /etc/sysrescue/
+mkdir -p /etc/sysrescue/
 ln -sf /run/archiso/config/sysrescue-effective-config.json /etc/sysrescue/sysrescue-effective-config.json

 # Services
@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ sed -i -e '/# ==== BEGIN sysrescuerepo ====/,/# ==== END sysrescuerepo ====/d' /
 # Customizations
 /usr/bin/updatedb

+# Trust archzfs key
+pacman-key --init
+pacman-key -r DDF7DB817396A49B2A2723F7403BD972F75D9D76
+pacman-key --lsign-key DDF7DB817396A49B2A2723F7403BD972F75D9D76
+
 # Packages
 pacman -Q > /root/packages-list.txt
 expac -H M -s "%-30n %m" | sort -rhk 2 > /root/packages-size.txt
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ set -e -u
 script_path=$(readlink -f ${0%/*})
 version_file="${script_path}/VERSION"

-iso_name=systemrescue
+consoles='console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0'
+iso_application="SystemRescue+ZFS"
 iso_version="$(<${version_file})"
-iso_mainver="${iso_version%-*}"
-iso_label="RESCUE${iso_mainver//.}"
-iso_publisher="SystemRescue <http://www.system-rescue.org>"
-iso_application="SystemRescue"
+iso_name=$(echo "$iso_application" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+iso_label="${iso_application}_${iso_version}"
+iso_url="http://oss.blazis.com/systemrescue+zfs"
+iso_publisher="Nick Chevsky <${iso_url}>"
 install_dir=sysresccd
 image_info_file="${install_dir}/.imageinfo"
 work_dir=work
@ -129,9 +130,14 @@ determine_snapshot_date() {

 # Helper function to run make_*() only one time per architecture.
 run_once() {
+    echo -e "\n================================================================================"
+    echo -e "$1\n================================================================================"
    if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${1} ]]; then
        $1
        touch ${work_dir}/build.${1}
+        echo -e "\nDone."
+    else
+        echo -e "\nSkipped. To rebuild this step, delete ${work_dir}/build.${1}."
    fi
 }

@ -161,8 +167,8 @@ make_documentation() {
    fi

    # is the documentation up to date? ignore for beta and test versions
-    if ! echo "${iso_version}" | grep -i -q "beta\|test" && \
-       ! grep -q "${iso_version}" website/content/Changes-x86/_index.md; then
+    if ! echo "${iso_version%+*}" | grep -i -q "beta\|test" && \
+       ! grep -q "${iso_version%+*}" website/content/Changes-x86/_index.md; then
        echo "ERROR: current version not in changelog. Did you update the website submodule?"
        exit 1
    fi
@ -201,7 +207,8 @@ make_customize_airootfs() {

    cp ${version_file} ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/root/version

-    sed "s|%ARCHISO_LABEL%|${iso_label}|g;
+    sed "s|%ISO_APPLICATION%|${iso_application}|g;
+         s|%ISO_URL%|${iso_url}|g;
         s|%ISO_VERSION%|${iso_version}|g;
         s|%ISO_ARCH%|${arch}|g;
         s|%INSTALL_DIR%|${install_dir}|g" \
@ -305,6 +312,9 @@ make_syslinux() {
    mkdir -p ${work_dir}/iso/${install_dir}/boot/syslinux
    for _cfg in ${script_path}/syslinux/*.cfg; do
        sed "s|%ARCHISO_LABEL%|${iso_label}|g;
+             s|%CONSOLES%|${consoles}|g;
+             s|%ISO_APPLICATION%|${iso_application}|g;
+             s|%ISO_URL%|${iso_url}|g;
             s|%ISO_VERSION%|${iso_version}|g;
             s|%ISO_ARCH%|${arch}|g;
             s|%DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM%|${default_kernel_param}|g;
@ -336,6 +346,8 @@ make_efi() {
    cp -a /usr/lib/grub/${efiarch} ${work_dir}/iso/boot/grub/
    cp ${script_path}/efiboot/grub/font.pf2 ${work_dir}/iso/boot/grub/
    sed "s|%ARCHISO_LABEL%|${iso_label}|g;
+         s|%CONSOLES%|${consoles}|g;
+         s|%ISO_APPLICATION%|${iso_application}|g;
         s|%ISO_VERSION%|${iso_version}|g;
         s|%ISO_ARCH%|${arch}|g;
         s|%DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM%|${default_kernel_param}|g;
@ -395,7 +407,7 @@ make_imageinfo() {

    echo "# SystemRescue imageinfo - used by systemrescue-usbwriter to check compatibility" >"${work_dir}/iso/${image_info_file}"
    echo "NAME=SystemRescue" >>"${work_dir}/iso/${image_info_file}"
-    echo "VERSION=${iso_version}" >>"${work_dir}/iso/${image_info_file}"
+    echo "VERSION=${iso_version%+*}" >>"${work_dir}/iso/${image_info_file}"
    echo "ARCH=${arch}" >>"${work_dir}/iso/${image_info_file}"
    echo "SYSLINUX_VERSION=${syslinux_ver}" >>"${work_dir}/iso/${image_info_file}"
    echo "" >>"${work_dir}/iso/${image_info_file}"
--- a/efiboot/grub/grubsrcd.cfg
+++ b/efiboot/grub/grubsrcd.cfg
@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ -z "$srcd_skip_init" ]; then

 	# Display settings
 	if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
-		set gfxmode=640x480
+		set gfxmode=800x600,auto
 		set color_normal=black/cyan
 		set color_highlight=black/light-gray
 		set menu_color_normal=black/cyan
@ -39,60 +39,75 @@ fi
 # like $archiso_param to be visible in the GRUB editor
 eval "

-menuentry 'Boot SystemRescue using default options' {
+menuentry 'Boot %ISO_APPLICATION% %ISO_VERSION% using default options' {
 	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM%
+	echo 'Loading kernel...'
+	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES%
+	echo 'Loading initramfs...'
 	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
+	echo 'Booting...'
 }

-menuentry 'Boot SystemRescue and copy system to RAM (copytoram)' {
+menuentry 'Boot %ISO_APPLICATION% %ISO_VERSION% and copy system to RAM (copytoram)' {
 	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% copytoram
+	echo 'Loading kernel...'
+	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% copytoram
+	echo 'Loading initramfs...'
 	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
+	echo 'Booting...'
 }

-menuentry 'Boot SystemRescue and verify integrity of the medium (checksum)' {
+menuentry 'Boot %ISO_APPLICATION% %ISO_VERSION% and verify integrity of the medium (checksum)' {
 	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% checksum
+	echo 'Loading kernel...'
+	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% checksum
+	echo 'Loading initramfs...'
 	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
+	echo 'Booting...'
 }

-menuentry 'Boot SystemRescue using basic display drivers (nomodeset)' {
+menuentry 'Boot %ISO_APPLICATION% %ISO_VERSION% using basic display drivers (nomodeset)' {
 	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% nomodeset
+	echo 'Loading kernel...'
+	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% nomodeset
+	echo 'Loading initramfs...'
 	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
+	echo 'Booting...'
 }

-menuentry 'Boot SystemRescue with serial console (ttyS0,115200n8)' {
+menuentry 'Boot %ISO_APPLICATION% %ISO_VERSION% without activating md raid or lvm (nomdlvm)' {
 	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
-	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-}
-
-menuentry 'Boot SystemRescue, do not activate md raid or lvm (nomdlvm)' {
-	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% nomdlvm
+	echo 'Loading kernel...'
+	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% nomdlvm
+	echo 'Loading initramfs...'
 	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
+	echo 'Booting...'
 }

 menuentry 'Boot a Linux operating system installed on the disk (findroot)' {
 	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% findroot
+	echo 'Loading kernel...'
+	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% findroot
+	echo 'Loading initramfs...'
 	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
+	echo 'Booting...'
 }

 menuentry 'Stop during the boot process before mounting the root filesystem' {
 	set gfxpayload=keep
-	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% break
+	echo 'Loading kernel...'
+	linux /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% $archiso_param %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% break
+	echo 'Loading initramfs...'
 	initrd /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd_ucode.img /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
+	echo 'Booting...'
 }

 source /boot/grub/custom.cfg

 menuentry 'Memtest86+ memory tester for UEFI' {
    insmod fat
-	set gfxpayload=800x600,1024x768
-    linux /EFI/memtest.efi keyboard=both
+	set gfxpayload=640x480,800x600,1024x768,auto
+	linux /EFI/memtest.efi keyboard=both %CONSOLES%
 }

 menuentry 'Start EFI Shell' {
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ linux-firmware
 linux-firmware-bnx2x
 linux-firmware-marvell
 linux-lts
+linux-lts-headers
 lm_sensors
 localepurge
 lshw
@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ yay
 yubikey-manager
 yubikey-personalization-gui
 zerofree
+zfs-dkms
 zip
 zsh
 zstd
--- a/pacman.conf
+++ b/pacman.conf
@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ Server = https://sysrescuerepo.system-rescue.org/$arch
 SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
 # ==== END sysrescuerepo ====

+[archzfs]
+Server = https://archzfs.com/$repo/$arch
+
 [core]
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

 [extra]
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
-
--- a/syslinux/sysresccd_head.cfg
+++ b/syslinux/sysresccd_head.cfg
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SERIAL 0 115200
 UI boot/syslinux/vesamenu.c32
-MENU TITLE SYSTEM-RESCUE %ISO_VERSION% %ISO_ARCH% (www.system-rescue.org)
+MENU TITLE %ISO_APPLICATION% %ISO_VERSION%
 MENU BACKGROUND #c000a8a8
 TIMEOUT 300

--- a/syslinux/sysresccd_pxe.cfg
+++ b/syslinux/sysresccd_pxe.cfg
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue (NBD)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% archiso_nbd_srv=${pxeserver} %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM%
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% archiso_nbd_srv=${pxeserver} %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES%
 SYSAPPEND 3

 LABEL sysresccd_nfs
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue (NFS)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archiso_nfs_srv=${pxeserver}:/run/sysresccd/bootmnt %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM%
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archiso_nfs_srv=${pxeserver}:/run/sysresccd/bootmnt %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES%
 SYSAPPEND 3

 LABEL sysresccd_http
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue (HTTP)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archiso_http_srv=http://${pxeserver}/ %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM%
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archiso_http_srv=http://${pxeserver}/ %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES%
 SYSAPPEND 3

 INCLUDE boot/syslinux/sysresccd_tail.cfg
--- a/syslinux/sysresccd_sys.cfg
+++ b/syslinux/sysresccd_sys.cfg
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue using default options
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM%
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES%

 LABEL sysresccd_copytoram
 TEXT HELP
@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue and copy system to RAM (copytoram)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% copytoram
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% copytoram

 LABEL sysresccd_checksum
 TEXT HELP
@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue and verify integrity of the medium (checksum)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% checksum
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% checksum

 LABEL sysresccd_nomodeset
 TEXT HELP
@ -34,16 +34,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue using basic display drivers (nomodeset)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% nomodeset
-
-LABEL sysresccd-serial
-TEXT HELP
-Use a serial console.
-ENDTEXT
-MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue with serial console (ttyS0,115200n8)
-LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
-INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% nomodeset

 LABEL sysresccd-nomdlvm
 TEXT HELP
@ -53,7 +44,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot SystemRescue, do not activate md raid or lvm (nomdlvm)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% nomdlvm
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% nomdlvm

 LABEL sysresccd_findroot
 TEXT HELP
@ -62,7 +53,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Boot a Linux operating system installed on the disk (findroot)
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% findroot
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% findroot

 LABEL sysresccd_break
 TEXT HELP
@ -71,7 +62,7 @@ ENDTEXT
 MENU LABEL Stop during the boot process before mounting the root filesystem
 LINUX boot/%ISO_ARCH%/vmlinuz
 INITRD boot/intel_ucode.img,boot/amd_ucode.img,boot/%ISO_ARCH%/sysresccd.img
-APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% break
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% %DEFAULT_KERNEL_PARAM% %CONSOLES% break

 INCLUDE boot/syslinux/sysresccd_custom.cfg

--- a/syslinux/sysresccd_tail.cfg
+++ b/syslinux/sysresccd_tail.cfg
@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ APPEND hd0 0
 LABEL memtest
 MENU LABEL Run Memtest86+ (RAM test)
 LINUX boot/memtest
+APPEND %CONSOLES%

 # http://hdt-project.org/
 #LABEL hdt