SysVinit Install

Next, we are going to compile and install SysVinit. The init program is the very first file that is loaded into linux after the kernel boots into memory. It also always has process id number 1. This would be a good place for us to start.

Your linux2 system should still be mounted.

Go ahead and unzip sysvinit by typing gzip -d filename.tar.gz You substitute whatever the filename is. Next, untar it by typing tar -xvf filename.tar Again, substitute the filename, this time without the .gz extension but with the .tar extension.

Now, go into the /src directory of this package. Find a file in there called Makefile - we need to edit this so fire up vi. On the very first line, add the following to the text file: ROOT=/mnt/linux2

Next, go to the last 4 lines of this file. Precede every /dev by $(ROOT)

@if [! -p $(ROOT)/dev/initctl ]; then \
echo "Creating $(ROOT)/dev/initctl" \
rm -f $(ROOT)/dev/initctl; \
mknod -m 600 $(ROOT)/dev/initctl p; fi

It may be hard to see, but there is a space before every $. Save and exit vi. Make sure your linux2 filesystem is mounted. Type make LDFLAGS=-static followed by make install

Linux will complain about a missing /usr/share/man directory, this is normal. The directory doesn't exist yet. Actually, it will be a symlink to another directory later. Don't worry, we'll be re-installing this package again dynamically later and the error will be taken care of.

You just compiled and installed your first package into your new system, congratulations!

Next, we need to write a quick, temporary, /mnt/linux2/etc/inittab file. Fire up vi again and copy what I have below.

id:S:initdefault:
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
z6:6:wait:/sbin/sulogin
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

Go ahead and save that.