diff -ur sysvinit-2.78/src/init.c sysvinit-2.78-/src/init.c
--- sysvinit-2.78/src/init.c	Wed Jun 13 14:24:54 2001
+++ sysvinit-2.78-/src/init.c	Wed Jun 13 14:24:11 2001
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
 		(void) tcgetattr(fd, &tty);
 
 		tty.c_cflag &= CBAUD|CBAUDEX|CSIZE|CSTOPB|PARENB|PARODD;
-		tty.c_cflag |= HUPCL|CLOCAL;
+		tty.c_cflag |= HUPCL|CLOCAL|CREAD;
 
 		tty.c_cc[VINTR]  = 3;	/* ctrl('c') */
 		tty.c_cc[VQUIT]  = 28;	/* ctrl('\\') */