---
name: "minit"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "minit"
version: "0.10-5"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/minit"
---

# minit(8)

a UNIX process no 1

## NAME

minit - a UNIX process no 1

## SYNOPSIS

**minit**

## DESCRIPTION

**minit** is a possible first process the kernel starts

to use minit as system init, first read available documentation in  */usr/share/doc/minit* and then add the parameter  *init=/sbin/minit* to your kernel command line.

*lilo* users need to add it to the *append="something"* option in */etc/lilo.conf*,

*grub* users can just append it to their "*kernel* image options" lines.

## USAGE

minit will by default do nothing except starting the minit service defined in */etc/minit/default* which usually contains a file named *depends* specifying which services are to be started at bootup.

## AUTHOR

minit was written by Felix von Leitner and can be downloaded from his page at *http://www.fefe.de/minit/*

This manpage was written by Erich Schubert \<erich@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.

## SEE ALSO

[msvc(8)](/msvc/8.md), [pidfilehack(8)](/pidfilehack/8.md)