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@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ have additions to this FAQ document, we would love to add them,
the command line "PATH= ./busybox ash". This will blank your command path
and run busybox as your command shell, so the only commands it can find
(without an explicit path such as /bin/ls) are the built-in busybox ones.
- This is another good way to see what's built into busybox. (Note that the
- standalone shell is dependent on the existence of /proc/self/exe, so before
- using it in a chroot environment you must mount /proc.)
+ This is another good way to see what's built into busybox.
+ Note that the standalone shell requires CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH
+ to be set appropriately, depending on whether or not /proc/self/exe is
+ available or not. If you do not have /proc, then point that config option
+ to the location of your busybox binary, usually /bin/busybox.
+ (So if you set it to /proc/self/exe, and happen to be able to chroot into
+ your rootfs, you must mount /proc beforehand.)
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