BusyBox

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BusyBox provides many common UNIX utilities in a single small executable for embedded systems. The package includes runit; see runit for more information.

Note: Do not expect full drop-in replacement and compatibility. Certain utilities may not exist, and for those that do, there may be missing options.

Installation

Install the busybox package.

Busybox commands are symbolic links to /usr/bin/busybox and thus take very little space. This is especially interesting for low-footprint systems.

Usage

getty

The gettys are defined in the file /etc/inittab. By default, getty is started on ttys 1 through 4.

In order to enable/disable gettys:

/etc/inittab
tty2::respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty2 linux

Just replace tty2 with the tty you want getty to start on. If you want init to ask you before starting getty, then replace respawn with askfirst.

mdev

See Gentoo:mdev.

runit

See runit.

See also