yaboot init=/linuxrc

[Mike Power <dod.tsair@sbcglobal.net>]

I am having trouble doing some custom boot steps before init runs.  I 
have a script /linuxrc that needs to be executed as pid 1 so that it can 
turn around and call init when it is done.  I followed the directions to 
do this using the grub boot loader.  In those directions the option 
init=/linuxrc is passed to the kernel so that the kernel will execute 
the script as pid 1.  This option doesn't seem to be working with 
yaboot.  Initially I didn't have the option set, and it found and 
executed the linuxrc script but not as pid 1.  Then I moved the script 
to /bin/rstrt and added the option init=/bin/rstrt and the kernel did 
not find the script.

Ultimately I need to run as pid 1 so I can hand over boot up to the init 
script.  How do you do this with the yaboot loader.

I am currently using kernel 2.6.8.1 on an ibook G4 12" using the Debian 
distro

Mike Power