From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 4 17:03:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA25967 for current-outgoing; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 17:03:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA25953 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 17:03:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA24020; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 17:02:15 -0800 (PST) To: Tom cc: Andrzej Bialecki , John Polstra , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Custom init(8) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Feb 1998 16:32:40 PST." Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 17:02:15 -0800 Message-ID: <24017.886640535@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe current" 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 >