hacking init

Steven M. Kramer smk at axiom.UUCP
Tue Apr 3 14:59:12 AEST 1984


Ah, hacking init!  Since init is the only program known to the kernel,
when you mung it, all kernels will be in the same trap.

The way I saw around it was to make a /tiniunix that invoked not /etc/init
but /etc/tini (a backwards init).  You have to simply reorder the `init'
in the kernel's icode for that.  Even if u don't have source for the kernel,
you can run it thru a filter (or edit it with an editor that doesn't
munge non-printables and nulls).
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	--steve kramer
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	linus!axiom!smk at mitre-bedford					(MIL)



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