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by the program /sbin/splash_helper in the initrd and is called even before /init. * make-initrd.nix: allow a list of FSOs to be placed in the initrd, with a symlink to each top-level FSO (e.g., /init, /sbin/splash_helper, /etc/splash). * make-initrd.nix: pre-create /proc, /dev and /sys, because splash_helper needs them. svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=7144
To get a Stage 1 shell: Add "debug1" to the kernel command line. Switching to maintenance mode: $ shutdown now To get out of maintenance mode: $ initctl emit startup Updating the current system configuration: $ nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -f system-configuration.nix -i -A systemConfiguration $ /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration