What was done: - blacklist pcspkr - /etc/locale.gen with four locales - /etc/default/extlinux with \nserial... for serial output for extlinux - BLANK_DPMS, BLANK_TIME, POWERDOWN_TIME commented out in /etc/kbd/config. - /etc/default/hwclock: clock access = no - default root login for ttyS0 and tty1 consoles.