On Tuesday 18 October 2005 22:13, John Richard Moser wrote:
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> I have no idea who's the best to ask for this.
>
> I want to start a task in an initrd and have it stay running after init
> is started. Pretty much:
>
>
> - kernel boot
> - initrd loaded
> - linuxrc executes
> - /bin/mydaemon runs
> - mount rootfs
> - pivot_root
> - exec /sbin/init (PID=1; linuxrc and sh is replaced)
> - mydaemon keeps running, reparented under init, uninterrupted
>
>
> What's the feasibility of this without the system balking and vomiting
> chunks everywhere? I'm pretty sure 'exec /sbin/init' from linuxrc
> (PID=1) will replace the process image of sh (linuxrc) with init,
> keeping PID=1; but I'm worried this may terminate children too. Haven't
> tried.
It won't terminate children. Try it manually by booting with init=/bin/sh.
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