Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:57:55 +0200 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: emergency or init=/bin/sh mode and terminal signals |
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Also, the above doesn't help people specifying "init=/bin/sh" on the > > command line (as per the original post subject). The real solution > > is for them to specify a different init= or run/exec something to set > > up their tty and session once logged in. > > Yes. And the problem is that people usually don't know about sessions > etc, and will just grumble "linux can't work".
Nothing prevents a distributor from providing a proper alternative boot script to set up the session and launch the shell, and particularly there is nothing to prevent them from adding a proper boot menu entry for that rescue system...
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