diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
index 54ba12fc..a189bd36 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/suseagent
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ if [ "$textconsole" = "true" ] && ! grep console= /proc/cmdline > /dev/null && [
 	echo "install progress may be checked by using ssh to access and run the screendump command" > ${autocons%,*}
 	echo "Install time serial console would require the profile to have console=${autocons#/dev/}" > ${autocons%,*}
 	echo "specified in the kernel command line arguments" > ${autocons%,*}
+	echo ${autocons%,*} > /tmp/autoconsdev
 	sed -e s'/$/ 'console=${autocons#*/dev/}/ /proc/cmdline > /etc/fakecmdline
 	mount -o bind /etc/fakecmdline /proc/cmdline
 	echo "ConsoleDevice: ${autocons%,*}" >> /etc/linuxrc.d/01-confluent
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/pre.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/pre.sh
index d8866be2..ec5ee3a4 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/pre.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/pre.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ rootpw=$(grep rootpassword: /tmp/confluent.deploycfg|sed -e 's/^rootpassword: //
 if [ "$rootpw" = "null" ]; then
     rootpw="!"
 fi
+cryptboot=$(grep encryptboot: /tmp/confluent.deploycfg|sed -e 's/^encryptboot: //')
+if [ "$cryptboot" != "" ]  && [ "$cryptboot" != "none" ] && [ "$cryptboot" != "null" ]; then
+	echo "Encrypted boot requested, but not implemented for this OS" > /dev/console
+	if [ -f '/tmp/autoconsdev' ]; then echo "Encryptod boot requested, but not implemented for this OS" >> $(cat /tmp/autoconsdev)
+	while :; do sleep 86400; done
+fi
 
 mkdir ~/.ssh
 cat /ssh/*.rootpubkey > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys