Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 17:05:28 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bypassing init Message-ID: <20000819170527.C323@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000819115548.00abf600@203.16.214.248>; from sharpe@ns.aus.com on Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:55:48AM %2B0900 References: <3.0.6.32.20000819115548.00abf600@203.16.214.248>
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On Saturday, 19 August 2000 at 11:55:48 +0900, Richard Sharpe wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to bypas init on startup ... > > I have tried the following in the loader: > > set init_path="/bin/sh" > > and then > > boot -s > > But it fails. Init exits or fails. In which manner? > I have checked and /bin/sh is statically linked. Is it wrong to put > quotes around the above? No, the quotes are OK. They may even be obligatory. > Can anyone suggest the correct way to do this? I'd think that the correct way would be to run init. What are you really trying to do? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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