On 2020-09-15, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
> On 15/09/2020 11:17, Pancho wrote:
>> On 15/09/2020 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 15/09/2020 11:07, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I understand that in some sort of way it needn't be, or it could be
>>>>> specified to NOT be /sbin/init....(where?)
>>>>
>>>> Normal way on grub based machines is to override init=/bin/bash in
>>>> the grub.cfg
>>>>
>>>> Presume cmdline.txt is the equivalent on a pi, can you append
>>>> init=/bin/bash?? there?
>>>
>>> Well that is precisely what I am trying to find out!
>>> Busybox installs must do something like that
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 
> Actually doesn't answer the question. It seems to assume the kernel will
> always execute /sbin/init

kernel command line parameter init=/bin/sh or similar. Just specify what
the kernel will execute as the first userland program. This is generic
linux.

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