Re: initramfs howto?

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 10:21:39AM -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> > If so, it'd be nice if it checked for some other name than /init
> > (e.g. /sbin/init) -- there's too much crap in / already.
> 
> I'm agnostic.  It's a two-line patch.  I don't care if it's called
> /spam/fandango/wubble, so long as the brave souls who are trying out
> initramfs don't keep stumbling over the same problem again and again :-)

Indeed; I just wanna raise the point before people start actually using /init
in large numbers...

I wonder if you could move the bulk of stuff (the console open, the calls to
run_init_proces) that happens after prepare_namespace into a separate
function and attempt to call it both before and after prepare_namespace; the
problem seems to be the unlock_kernel &c., which I gather must be done after
prepare_namespace?

-Miles
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