Subject: Re: Repost: root on md forces single-user flag for init
To: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/30/2006 17:03:39
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 10:50:47AM -0400, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2006, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>
> >>I would like to know why the kernel forces the single-user flag for init
> >>if root is on a memory disk?
> >
> >Probably because there's usually no /etc/rc nor getty on memory disks and
> >we
> >want a shell anyway
>
> Well, the check is erroneous for systems CF booting systems. Recompiling
> init with the check commented out is the only way around the problem.
Are we talking about init, or the kernel ? The initial question was about
the kernel setting the flag.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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