s6-linux-init
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Quickstart for s6-linux-init

Quickstart

1. Install all the s6-linux-init dependencies:
   • skalibs
   • execline
   • s6
2. Save and remove your old /etc/s6-linux-init directory, if you have one.
3. Install s6-linux-init itself.
4. Save your old /sbin/init, /sbin/telinit, /sbin/shutdown, /sbin/halt, /sbin/poweroff and /sbin/reboot binaries.
5. Make sure you have a /run directory.
6. Edit the scripts in /etc/s6-linux-init/skel.
7. Check that your devtmpfs is automounted by your kernel at boot time. If it is not, add the -d /dev option to the s6-linux-init-maker command line below.
8. As root, run:

        rm -rf /tmp/blah
        s6-linux-init-maker -1 -G "/sbin/getty 38400 tty1" /tmp/blah
        rm -rf /etc/s6-linux-init/current
        mv /tmp/blah /etc/s6-linux-init/current
        cp -a /etc/s6-linux-init/current/bin/* /sbin/ 

9. Reboot. Warning: use your old reboot command, that you saved, not the new one that has just been created by s6-linux-init-maker, because you're still running on your old init system and need to use a reboot command that matches it.
10. After the reboot: congratulations! your machine is now running a s6-based init system.
11. To shut the machine down, use /sbin/shutdown, /sbin/halt, /sbin/poweroff or /sbin/reboot as usual.