On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Michael Hicks wrote: > Or, if you're bored, have some shell programming skills, and know how to > use `which', `ldd', and `strip', you can roll your own (`man init' would > be the place to start). Of course, considering that you only have 4MB > of RAM, you might want to ditch bash as a shell and go with something a > little smaller. If you're going to do it this way, I would highly recommend looking at busybox (search for it on freshmeat). It provides over a hundred of the standard *nix utils (IIRC), including init and sh. It was originally written for the Debian installer, but obviously has more general applications. Pacem in Terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa Kevin R. Bullock