Index: uspace/app/init/init.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/app/init/init.c	(revision 8fefd8b580bf28eb98fa4eda780105c9d6409cc7)
+++ uspace/app/init/init.c	(revision 823461d3579b27e83d83544694a3a8f40569ef34)
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@
 #include "init.h"
 
+#define BANNER_LEFT   "######> "
+#define BANNER_RIGHT  " <######"
+
 #define ROOT_DEVICE       "bd/initrd"
 #define ROOT_MOUNT_POINT  "/"
@@ -81,4 +84,17 @@
 {
 	printf("%s: HelenOS init\n", NAME);
+}
+
+static void oom_check(errno_t rc, const char *path)
+{
+	if (rc == ENOMEM) {
+		printf("%sOut-of-memory condition detected%s\n", BANNER_LEFT,
+		    BANNER_RIGHT);
+		printf("%sBailing out of the boot process after %s%s\n",
+		    BANNER_LEFT, path, BANNER_RIGHT);
+		printf("%sMore physical memory is required%s\n", BANNER_LEFT,
+		    BANNER_RIGHT);
+		exit(ENOMEM);
+	}
 }
 
@@ -199,4 +215,5 @@
 
 	if (rc != EOK) {
+		oom_check(rc, path);
 		printf("%s: Error spawning %s (%s)\n", NAME, path,
 		    str_error(rc));
@@ -279,7 +296,8 @@
 	errno_t rc = task_spawnl(&id, &wait, app, app, winreg, NULL);
 	if (rc != EOK) {
+		oom_check(rc, app);
 		printf("%s: Error spawning %s %s (%s)\n", NAME, app,
 		    winreg, str_error(rc));
-		return -1;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -290,5 +308,5 @@
 		printf("%s: Error retrieving retval from %s (%s)\n", NAME,
 		    app, str_error(rc));
-		return -1;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -304,7 +322,9 @@
 		errno_t rc = task_spawnl(NULL, NULL, APP_GETTERM, APP_GETTERM, svc,
 		    LOCFS_MOUNT_POINT, "--msg", "--wait", "--", app, NULL);
-		if (rc != EOK)
+		if (rc != EOK) {
+			oom_check(rc, APP_GETTERM);
 			printf("%s: Error spawning %s %s %s --msg --wait -- %s\n",
 			    NAME, APP_GETTERM, svc, LOCFS_MOUNT_POINT, app);
+		}
 	} else {
 		printf("%s: Spawning %s %s %s --wait -- %s\n", NAME,
@@ -313,7 +333,9 @@
 		errno_t rc = task_spawnl(NULL, NULL, APP_GETTERM, APP_GETTERM, svc,
 		    LOCFS_MOUNT_POINT, "--wait", "--", app, NULL);
-		if (rc != EOK)
+		if (rc != EOK) {
+			oom_check(rc, APP_GETTERM);
 			printf("%s: Error spawning %s %s %s --wait -- %s\n",
 			    NAME, APP_GETTERM, svc, LOCFS_MOUNT_POINT, app);
+		}
 	}
 }