Booting Linux without an init system

maciej@mopalinski.com (Maciej Opaliński) — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:20:00 +0200

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In a previous article I explained the Linux boot process. The last step of the Linux boot process is the execution of init system’s binary. But what if we don’t want to have a conventional init system? In this article, we are going to write our own /init script.

The Linux Boot Process Explained

maciej@mopalinski.com (Maciej Opaliński) — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:32:32 +0100

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If you are reading this, you probably used Linux before. No matter if you are running some Linux distribution as a daily driver or not, you might use an Android phone that is using the Linux kernel. You also requested this website content from a server running Linux. But did you ever wonder how Linux works? In this article, I am going to explain one of the most fundamental aspects of Linux - its boot process.

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