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This makes me ponder what happens when init itself fails. This is probably a silly question.
by recuter 13y ago
This makes me ponder what happens when init itself fails. This is probably a silly question.
- 286c8cb04bda 13y agoUsually the kernel halts.
- mtdewcmu 13y agoIt's a good question. I was wondering that myself when I was writing the comment. Either the kernel would have to restart it or it would bring down the system, because no other process would have a parent.