> To get what you want you need a slightly more elaborate 
> script, something like the following (untested):
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # file must be there - create it if we're pid 1 [ $$ = 1 ] && 
> echo >/var/log/init.log export CONSOLE=/var/log/init.log exec 
> /sbin/init.org "$@"
> 
> 
> That said, I do think we need to implement some sort of 
> serial console-like device for VEs.  We'll see what can be done here.

I already have a working init wrapper which uses a named pipe, and an
additional
logging process to read that named pipe and writes it into a file.

(init uses open without O_APPEND, so setting CONSOLE=filename will never
work)

Will post my script here as soon as it gets more stable.

- Dietmar