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Subject: Re: Problem spawning init from script
From: Joe Schulz <joe@spamfilter.de>
To: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
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On Fr, 2004-04-30 at 23:14, Denis Vlasenko wrote:

> > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> 
> This typically means that process #1 exited. Kernel does not like that.
> I always use 'exec /path/something' as the last command in my sh scripts
> which I start instead of 'standard' /sbin/init.
> 
> Post your script.

I have found the reason. Due to a linking problem, the exec'ed process
always quietly died. Of course only in the boot process, not during
dry-run testing. So I had falsely assumed that exec'ing from #1 might
always lead to a panic if you don't use the initrd procedure.

Thanks four your kind advice.

br, Joe