From 3ef75ac17684e6bc9f6af9a0c7f6f0e1cc57e306 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Nilsson Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:49:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] debian: Mention the possibility to change the default init to Finit Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson --- contrib/debian/README.md | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/debian/README.md b/contrib/debian/README.md index 3af8bb65..e3d76cd0 100644 --- a/contrib/debian/README.md +++ b/contrib/debian/README.md @@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ set up your system to run Finit: user@debian:~/finit$ contrib/debian/build.sh -However, since `/sbin/init` already exists on your system the script +However, since `/sbin/init` already exists on your system, the script creates another entry in your GRUB config, in `/etc/grub.d/40_custom`, -where `init=/sbin/finit` is added to your kernel line. +where `init=/sbin/finit` is added to your kernel line. It is of course +also possible to change the default init to Finit, if you do you can +remove the custom Grub entry: + + user@debian:~/finit# cd /sbin + user@debian:/sbin# sudo rm init + user@debian:/sbin# sudo ln -s finit init Before rebooting, check the default [/etc/finit.conf](finit.conf) and `/etc/finit.d/*.conf` files. The build + install script above provides