1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 1667d58cf..401cf693c 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static void init_reboot(unsigned long magic)
 {
         pid_t pid;
         /* We have to fork here, since the kernel calls do_exit(0) in
-         * linux/kernel/sys.c, which can cause the machint to panic when 
+         * linux/kernel/sys.c, which can cause the machine to panic when 
          * the init process is killed.... */
         if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
 #if (__GNU_LIBRARY__ > 5) || defined(__dietlibc__)
@@ -738,6 +738,22 @@ static void exec_signal(int sig)
                         sigaddset(&unblock_signals, SIGTSTP);
                         sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &unblock_signals, NULL);
 
+                        /* Open the new terminal device */
+                        if ((device_open(a->terminal, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
+                                if (stat(a->terminal, &sb) != 0) {
+                                        message(LOG | CONSOLE, "device '%s' does not exist.", a->terminal);
+                                } else {
+                                        message(LOG | CONSOLE, "Bummer, can't open %s", a->terminal);
+                                }
+                                halt_signal(SIGUSR1);
+                        }
+
+                        /* Make sure the terminal will act fairly normal for us */
+                        set_term(0);
+                        /* Setup stdout, stderr on the supplied terminal */
+                        dup(0);
+                        dup(0);
+
                         messageD(CONSOLE | LOG, "Trying to re-exec %s", a->command);
                         execl(a->command, a->command, NULL);