Disable getty allocations

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/make_ami.sh b/make_ami.sh
index ff3a04d..743827c 100755
--- a/make_ami.sh
+++ b/make_ami.sh
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ install_core_packages() {
                 tzdata
 
         chroot "$target" apk --no-cache add --no-scripts syslinux
+
+    # Disable starting getty for physical ttys because they're all inaccessible
+    # anyhow. With this configuration boot messages will still display in the
+    # EC2 console.
+    sed -Ei '/^tty\d/s/^/#/' /etc/inittab
 }
 
 create_initfs() {