Mark Orr wrote:
<em>> 
<em>> On 13-Jan-2001 Dustin Puryear wrote:
<em>> > We discussed a little bit about specifying the init process at the LILO
<em>> > prompt in January's meeting. I believe I saw an article on just that at
<em>> > linux.com if anyone is interested. (I think it was linux.com.)
<em>> >
<em>> > Very useful technique, especially if you have an init script bonking
<em>> > your system startup.
<em>> 
<em>> I agree.  Though I've always used the  sash shell (/bin/sh on Linux
<em>> systems is almost always Bash) to substitute for init, since it's a
<em>> statically compiled shell with most of the critical commands built
<em>> into the executable (i.e. cp,mv,rm,ln,sync,mount/umount, and many others).
Well, that sounds like a useful tool. Thanks for the lead.
Regards, Dustin
<em>> 
<em>> sash is not as nice as bash, since it doesnt have command history or
<em>> completion or editing. Since sash is static, it works even if /lib has
<em>> been hosed.
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