Hi ALL: As we know, the function init( ) in main.c is static int init(void * unused) { lock_kernel(); do_basic_setup(); free_initmem(); unlock_kernel(); if (open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0) printk("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n"); (void) dup(0); (void) dup(0); if (execute_command) execve(execute_command,argv_init,envp_init); execve("/sbin/init",argv_init,envp_init); //<--- problem execve("/etc/init",argv_init,envp_init); execve("/bin/init",argv_init,envp_init); execve("/bin/sh",argv_init,envp_init); panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel."); } The system call execve("/sbin/init",argv_init,envp_init) will start a background process. In my case, it could not start the process, that is, system hangs there and execve("/etc/init",argv_init,envp_init) could not be executed. Could you tell me where could I find the source code for the executable /sbin/init? Thank you very much for your help. Regards, Steven Liu