Section 9.10. Init Options

9.10. Init Options

The init process is the first to be started by the kernel and is the ancestor of all other processes. These options control which program is run and how it is run.

Program to run at init time.

init= filename

Run the specified binary as the init process instead of the default /sbin/init program.

Run the init process from the ramdisk.

rdinit= full_path_name

Run the program specified by full_path_name as the init process. This file must be on the kernel ramdisk instead of on the root filesystem.

Run init in single-user mode.

The default for the kernel is to run init in multi-user mode. This option runs init in single-user mode instead.