There is actually a easier way to do this. Pass this parameter while in your boot loader init=/usr/bin/emacs-nox This will fire up emacs instead of init o

There is actually a easier way to do this. Pass this parameter while in your boot loader init=/usr/bin/emacs-nox This will fire up emacs instead of init once the kernel is done booting up. You also need mount, but you can run that within emacs.