Index: kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision 1e241723f8bf25509356cb56bbf4d3a477c3fac5)
+++ kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision c19a4169aebe77641429454d4f9abf4c2152888a)
@@ -73,4 +73,8 @@
 #include <synch/spinlock.h>
 
+#define ALIVE_CHARS  4
+
+static char alive[ALIVE_CHARS] = "-\\|/";
+
 /** Kernel initialization thread.
  *
@@ -205,9 +209,10 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_KCONSOLE
 	if (!stdin) {
+		thread_sleep(10);
 		printf("kinit: No stdin\nKernel alive: ");
 		
-		uint64_t i = 0;
-		while (1) {
-			printf("%" PRIu64 " ", i);
+		unsigned int i = 0;
+		while (true) {
+			printf("\b%c", alive[i % ALIVE_CHARS]);
 			thread_sleep(1);
 			i++;