Subject: Re: Repost: root on md forces single-user flag for init
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/30/2006 10:50:47
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.
~BAS