diff -Nurp genkernel-3.4.10.orig/generic/linuxrc genkernel-3.4.10/generic/linuxrc
--- genkernel-3.4.10.orig/generic/linuxrc	2008-11-15 18:41:38.000000000 +0100
+++ genkernel-3.4.10/generic/linuxrc	2008-11-15 18:42:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ do
 			export MLIST
 		;;
 		# Redirect output to a specific tty
-		CONSOLE\=*\|console\=*)
+		CONSOLE\=*|console\=*)
 			CONSOLE=`parse_opt "${x}"`
 			exec >${CONSOLE} <${CONSOLE} 2>&1
 		;;