WARNING:
This version of sysvinit is really different from the 2.50 and
earlier version.
Shutdown now puts the system into runlevel 6 (reboot), 0 (halt)
or 1 (single user). This can cause unexpected results if you
install the binaries from this release into Slackware distributions
older than Slackware 3.0.
SUPPORTED DISTRIBUTIONS:
The binaries from this package can be installed in:
o Debian 1.3 and later
o RedHat 3.x and later
o Slackware 3.0 (UNTESTED but it might work - no complaints yet).
Also read the INIT.README in the slackware/ directory.
o Slackware 2.x: see the slackware/ directory
Do not install any of the scripts from the debian/ directory unless
you know what you are doing.
UNSUPPORTED DISTRIBUTIONS:
o The rest :)
If you have a non-supported system, please upgrade to the latest version
of your distribution that supports the Linux 2.0.x kernel (probably
the reason why you are installing this newer sysvinit).
You might get away by installing *just* the "init" binary, and nothing
else. Do _not_ replace your existing halt, reboot or shutdown programs.
HOW TO NON DESTRUCTIVELY TEST THE NEW INIT:
Install *just* the init binary as /sbin/init.new. Now reboot the system,
and stop your bootloader so you can give arguments on the command line.
With LILO you can usually achieve this by keeping the SHIFT key
pressed during boot up. Enter the name of the kernel image (for LILO,
TAB shows a list) followed by the argument "init=/sbin/init.new".
The name "init.new" is special, do not use something like "init.test".
For example:
boot: linux init=/sbin/init.new
YOU CANNOT SHUTDOWN IN A CLEAN WAY AFTER THIS. Your best bet is to use
the "-n" flag to shutdown. This is because init is not running as process #1
if you use this method. Anyway, if this works, you can remove the old init
and copy the new init into place.
DISCLAIMER:
If it breaks you get to keep both pieces. If you want to run the latest
Linux 2.0.x kernel and you can't get init to work just upgrade your entire
distribution to a newer version that supports the 2.0.x kernel properly.
