Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 17:02:15 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Custom init(8) Message-ID: <24017.886640535@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Feb 1998 16:32:40 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980204163128.7224K-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
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Nope. The startup code looks for init and, if it can't find it, runs /stand/sysinstall instead. ;) Since sysinstall is running more or less stand-alone in that scenario, it also doesn't have to do all the work that init does. Jordan > > On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > Sorry, but this really doesn't help me to know how _the simplest_ possibl e > > > init(8) could look like... > > > > I think only you can answer that question - I don't know of anyone > > who's even tried to do what you're doing. So, let me turn it around: > > "Hey Andrzej, can you tell us what the simplest init(8) might look > > like?" ;-) > > Wait a second, doesn't sysinstall run as init? You must have started > with a skeleton init first, and then added the install stuff to it. That > probably makes you the number #1 expert on alternate inits! :) > > > Jordan > > Tom >
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