diff -Nur sysvinit-2.88dsf.orig/src/bootlogd.c sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/bootlogd.c
--- sysvinit-2.88dsf.orig/src/bootlogd.c	2010-03-24 01:37:01.000000000 +1100
+++ sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/bootlogd.c	2012-01-15 15:43:20.534142252 +1100
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 				"%d:%d under /dev\n", major(kdev), minor(kdev));
 		return r;
 	}
-	if (errno != ENOIOCTLCMD) return -1;
+	if (errno != EINVAL && errno != ENOIOCTLCMD) return -1;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __linux__