On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > Then any boot loader will need to call something to start it. > Understand this: any Linux/Unix init system (systemd, SysV, Upstart, > OpenRC) is simply a program... that the Linux kernel itself executes.
I know. What I don't understand is the statement that grub2 calls (or connects to) the init system. > That's the init= command line in the kernel. > > The bootloader calls an operating system. The init system (if at all) > that the OS uses doesn't matter: so if you have an operating system, > any bootloader should be able to boot it (bearing things like being > able to understand the filesystem etc.) I know how bootloaders like LILO and grub-legacy work. What I don't understand is the statement that grub2 is somehow aware of the booted OS's init system. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! FROZEN ENTREES may at be flung by members of gmail.com opposing SWANSON SECTS ...