7.3. Path to init

The init is selected at:

  • initrd or initramfs system: /init, a custom one can be set with the rdinit= kernel command line parameter

  • otherwise: default is /sbin/init, followed by some other paths, a custom one can be set with init=

More details: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/30414/what-can-make-passing-init-path-to-program-to-the-kernel-not-start-program-as-i/430614#430614

The final init that actually got selected is shown on Linux v5.9.2 a line of type:

<6>[    0.309984] Run /sbin/init as init process

at the very end of the boot logs.

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