/sbin/init

  • the final step for the initramfs file after it mounts the real file system is to execute the /sbin/init program, which takes over the rest of the boot process.

  • /sbin/init is the parent process of every program running on the system

  • always has a PID of 1 and is responsible for starting the rest of the processes that make up a running Linux system.

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