These are binaries from http://tinycorelinux.net with the following patch applied: mkdir initrd ( cd initrd ; zcat ../initrd.gz | sudo cpio -idm ) sudo sed -i '/^# ttyS0$/s#^..##' initrd/etc/securetty sudo sed -i '/^tty1:/s#tty1#ttyS0#g' initrd/etc/inittab ( cd initrd ; find | sudo cpio -o -H newc ) | gzip -c > initrd.gz