System initialization using /sbin/init and /etc/rc

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System initialization using /sbin/init and /etc/rc #60

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

The init process should use for example an /etc/rc file, which is
interpreted by /bin/sh, to start the system servers, drivers and finally
the login program on bootup. For each program started with /etc/rc, the shell
then does a waitpid() until the program has fork()'ed into the background.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by coenbijlsma on 7 Aug 2009 at 11:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

ORIGINAL COMMENT FROM nieklinnenbank
The Shell is now able to execute /etc/rc. However, to use it for init, we first
need a working fork() that we can use in each of the servers to fork it off 
into the
background.

Original comment by coenbijlsma on 7 Aug 2009 at 11:38