--- grub-2.00.orig/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
+++ grub-2.00/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ while [ "x$list" != "x" ] ; do
               "${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX} ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT}"
   if [ "x${GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY}" != "xtrue" ]; then
     linux_entry "${OS}" "${version}" recovery \
-                "single ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX}"
+                "single init_opts=single ${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX/splash=silent/splash=verbose}"
   fi
 
   list=`echo $list | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vx $linux | tr '\n' ' '`