--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int __init kernel_init(void * unu
 
 	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...\n");
 
 	(void) sys_dup(0);
 	(void) sys_dup(0);
