--- grub-1.98.orig/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
+++ grub-1.98/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ while [ "x$list" != "x" ] ; do
       "${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX} ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT}"
   if [ "x${GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY}" != "xtrue" ]; then
     linux_entry "${OS}" "${version}" true \
-	"single ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX}"
+	"single init_opts=single ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX}"
   fi
 
   list=`echo $list | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vx $linux | tr '\n' ' '`