On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you. I'm trying to understand which one-time tasks must be performed on > initialization, and how. I have no problem with current defaults, but > understanding /etc/rc.sysinit requires reading the source of several C files. Most of these (if not all) C files should come with manpages, which at least should give you an idea. I suppose if you want a minimal understanding, then most can be ignored. Note that booting with init=/bin/bash works just fine, so that's how I would start in order to understand the how things work (and then try doing whatever rc.sysinit does manually). > If you happen to remember which version was the last that didn't call a > systemd binary, great, otherwise I will start browsing. The commit that Matthew pointed to is the right one as far as I remember. -t
