diff --git a/init/init.sh b/init/init.sh
index 1ad9088..cd99091 100755
--- a/init/init.sh
+++ b/init/init.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 #   kubesolo.cloudinit=<path> Path to cloud-init config
 #   kubesolo.flags=<flags>    Extra flags for KubeSolo binary
 
+# Redirect ALL output to /dev/console for visibility during early boot.
+# This is temporary v0.3 ARM64 debugging — revert when generic ARM64 is stable.
+exec >/dev/console 2>&1
+echo "[KSOLO-DBG] init.sh PID=$$ shell=$(readlink -f /proc/$$/exe 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+echo "[KSOLO-DBG] uname=$(uname -a 2>&1)"
+
 set -e
 
 # --- Switch root: escape initramfs so runc pivot_root works ---
@@ -22,11 +28,22 @@ set -e
 # set up container root filesystems. To fix this, we copy the rootfs to a
 # tmpfs and switch_root to it. The sentinel file prevents infinite loops.
 if [ ! -f /etc/.switched_root ]; then
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] entering switch_root block"
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount proc..."
     mount -t proc proc /proc 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount proc exit=$?"
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount sysfs..."
     mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount sysfs exit=$?"
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount devtmpfs..."
     mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount devtmpfs exit=$?"
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mkdir /mnt/newroot..."
     mkdir -p /mnt/newroot
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mkdir /mnt/newroot exit=$?"
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount tmpfs /mnt/newroot..."
     mount -t tmpfs -o size=400M,mode=755 tmpfs /mnt/newroot
+    echo "[KSOLO-DBG] mount tmpfs exit=$?"
     echo "[init] Copying rootfs to tmpfs..." >&2
     # Copy each top-level directory explicitly (BusyBox cp -ax on rootfs is broken)
     for d in bin sbin usr lib lib64 etc var opt; do