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Hi, i would like to know something about the first script executed by
kernel, tipically sbin/init. You can find information about format of
file etc/inittab and so on, but my question is: are available source
codes of Suse sbin/init? if the answer is negative, are there other
Linux distributions which include source codes of everything and not
only of kernel?
Thank you.
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, BiNo2007 wrote:-
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>Hi, i would like to know something about the first script executed by
>kernel, tipically sbin/init.[/color]
It can be, but it doesn't have to be. Sometimes it's useful to have the
kernel load something as a (temporary) replacement for init. Usually,
the replacement is a shell and to get a shell to start instead of init,
you'd pass the following option to the kernel:
init=/bin/bash
Of course, if you prefer a different shell, you can use that in place of
bash.
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>You can find information about format of
>file etc/inittab and so on, but my question is: are available source
>codes of Suse sbin/init?[/color]
Have you actually looked to see if the source is available?
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>if the answer is negative,[/color]
You haven't looked, have you? I'm betting you haven't.
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>are there other
>Linux distributions which include source codes of everything and not
>only of kernel?[/color]
All distributions that include any GPL'd code are to required distribute
the source of that code, so all of them are going to supply the source
for /sbin/init as it's GPL'd code. If you look, you'll find it included
in the package sysvinit. As to where to find the sources, assuming[0]
that you're looking for the sources for the version supplied with
openSUSE 10.2, you'll find the full sources by looking here[1]:
<URL:http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version>
If you're interested in the version used as a part of the development
version, namely Factory[2], you can find it by looking here:
<URL:http://en.opensuse.org/Development_Version>
[0] It can be a big mistake assuming anything, but I'm feeling in the
mood to live dangerously tonight.
[1] I'd have given you the Italian version of that page, but it doesn't
exist.
[2] and, at the present moment, openSUSE 10.3 alpha 5.
Regards,
David Bolt
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