Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 02:34

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Steve Mading wrote:
> Without init, you still don't have an OS yet.  Without init launching
> at least *something*, there is no getty, no xdm, nothing.  Without it,
> there is still no mechanism whatsoever for getting a user-level
> program to start, and even the most conservative definition of an
> OS includes that the OS exists for the purpose of presenting a
> platform on top of which you can stack a user program.

This is not quite correct.  You can start a single user program from the
kernel command line with init=.  That could  be enough for some systems.

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From: Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:34:11 -0700
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