linux-kernel - Re: How can I add "busybox sh" as init during boot of the custom kernel?

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Message-ID: <CAOx-CDU6N5oEys8Qgoy3A1jHHDi-KHjS3XBk1f9jYU_5j=qtuQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:34:23 +0600
From:   gmssixty gmssixty <gmssixty@...il.com>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How can I add "busybox sh" as init during boot of the custom kernel?

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 5:41 PM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 05:06:38PM +0600, gmssixty gmssixty wrote:
> >
> > What would I write in /sbin/init? I mean, what will be the content of
> > /sbin/init? Should I write: "exec /bin/busybox sh" in /sbin/init? Or
> > should I write "/bin/busybox sh" in /sbin/init?
>
> Since you have Busybox system, /sbin/init should be a symlink to
> /bin/busybox.
>
> >
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>
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I have not installed bash. In that case, how can I run "busybox sh"? I
have tried linking /bin/busybox to /sbin/init. After boot, it prompts
to press Enter to activate console. But after pressing Enter, it
prompts the same message again.