Make the location of init(8) tunable at boot time.

4 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sys/boot/common/help.common b/sys/boot/common/help.common
index 3478d9a..95c075e 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/help.common
+++ b/sys/boot/common/help.common
@@ -184,9 +184,18 @@
 	Selects the default device.  Syntax for devices is odd.
 
 ################################################################################
+# Tset Sinit_path DSet the list of init candidates
+
+	set init_path=<path>[;<path>...]
+
+	Sets the list of binaries which the kernel will try to run as initial
+	process.
+
+
+################################################################################
 # Tset Smodule_path DSet the module search path
 
-	set module_path=<path>[,<path>...]
+	set module_path=<path>[;<path>...]
 
 	Sets the list of directories which will be searched in for modules
 	named in a load command or implicitly required by a dependancy.
diff --git a/sys/boot/common/loader.8 b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
index 32133d8..2ed7acd 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/loader.8
+++ b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: loader.8,v 1.1 1999/03/15 08:52:23 dcs Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Note: The date here should be updated whenever a non-trivial
 .\" change is made to the manual page.
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ is
 Defines the current console.
 .It Va currdev
 Selects the default device.  Syntax for devices is odd.
+.It Va init_path
+Sets the list of binaries which the kernel will try to run as initial
+process. The default is
+.Li Dq /sbin/init;/sbin/oinit;/sbin/init.bak;/stand/sysinstall .
 .It Va interpret
 Has the value 
 .Li Dq ok
diff --git a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
index b38c642..4a65831 100644
--- a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
+++ b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # All arguments must be in double quotes.
 #
-#	$Id: loader.conf,v 1.1 1999/03/09 14:06:55 dcs Exp $
+#	$Id: loader.conf,v 1.2 1999/03/14 21:57:49 dcs Exp $
 
 ##############################################################
 ###  Basic configuration options  ############################
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ bitmap_type="splash_image_data"
 #boot_single="NO"	# Start system in single-user mode
 #boot_userconfig="NO"	# Run kernel's interactive device configuration program
 #boot_verbose="NO"	# Causes extra debugging information to be printed
+#init_path="/sbin/init"	# Sets the list of init candidates
 
 
 ##############################################################
diff --git a/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.8 b/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.8
index 32133d8..2ed7acd 100644
--- a/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.8
+++ b/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: loader.8,v 1.1 1999/03/15 08:52:23 dcs Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Note: The date here should be updated whenever a non-trivial
 .\" change is made to the manual page.
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ is
 Defines the current console.
 .It Va currdev
 Selects the default device.  Syntax for devices is odd.
+.It Va init_path
+Sets the list of binaries which the kernel will try to run as initial
+process. The default is
+.Li Dq /sbin/init;/sbin/oinit;/sbin/init.bak;/stand/sysinstall .
 .It Va interpret
 Has the value 
 .Li Dq ok