%general-entities; ]> Sysvinit Issue a sed sustitution: sed -i 's@Sending processes@& started by init@g' \ src/init.c Compile Sysvinit: make -C src Then install it: make -C src install Create a /etc/inittab file: cat > /etc/inittab << "EOF" # Begin /etc/inittab id:3:initdefault: si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc sysinit l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 0 l1:S1:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 1 l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 2 l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 3 l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 4 l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 5 l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 6 ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now su:S016:once:/sbin/sulogin 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -I '\033(K' tty1 9600 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -I '\033(K' tty2 9600 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -I '\033(K' tty3 9600 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -I '\033(K' tty4 9600 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -I '\033(K' tty5 9600 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -I '\033(K' tty6 9600 # End /etc/inittab EOF See testing