Version: 1:1.17.3-8 10.02.2002 17:32, Vincent Beffara wrote: > Package: busybox-static > Version: 1:0.60.2-3.1 > Severity: normal > > I'm trying to build a boot CD using initrd and busybox as a shell. The > initrd contains : > [] > exec /sbin/init > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > I boot using 'init=/linuxrc' so that linuxrc gets PID 1. > > /sbin/init is a real file in the new root fs - but busybox will not use > it, it will instead switch to its own version of init, hence not > recognize /etc/inittab.
This was effect of "prefer applets" and "standalone shell" options or maybe a patch to that old busybox. It has been fixed long long time ago, so closing this bug now, before it hits its 10th anniversary. Thanks! /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org