> I solved this problem long ago with a custom '/sbin/init' on one of my
> file-servers. I don't care what happens to the kernel since I know that
> it's going to try to run init. My own init, which starts a 'N' thread
> server (that's all)... is "un-symlinked" when I want conventional
> behavior for backups, etc.
That a very good idea. Thanks.