Re: Re: forgot root pass

David D. Smith wrote:

> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Rosenbaum <[email protected]> writes:
>
>  Jonathan> p.s.  Also, there are some who dream of nothing more than
>  Jonathan> a kernel and emacs.  :)
>
>And what have you replaced /sbin/init with, Jonathan? :) On my box,
>it’s runit.
>  
>

David, runit looks very interesting, I'll have to play around with it.  
In the case of /bin/sash to avoid having to tell the kernel where to 
look for init on startup, I'd just create a symbolic link from 
/sbin/init to /bin/sash and use a kernel that has devfs built into it.  
The nice part about sash is that it is statically linked which means 
that no extra libraries are necessary.  As for users of sysvinit I 
recommend using file-rc because it allows you to control all runlevels 
from one configuration file.  That has been useful for add-ons 
(make-debian & make-debian-x11) I've written for gbootroot's Yard method 
to parse the system.  These scripts create a template from a Debian 
System that can be made into a customized distribution.   Shameless 
Plug-in:  I am happy to announce that Andrei Perhinschi of Morlug has 
become a developer for gbootroot - 
http://freesoftwarepc.com/projects/gbootroot - In fact, it's a great 
platform to test out new ideas like inits, sash emergency distributions, 
or just to learn about the beauty of what makes a distribution.

Jonathan