--- switch_root.c.orig	2005-11-01 00:55:39.000000000 +0100
+++ switch_root.c	2005-12-14 20:54:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@
 	// we mean it.  (I could make this a CONFIG option, but I would get email
 	// from all the people who WILL eat their filesystemss.)
 
-	if (stat("/init", &st1) || !S_ISREG(st1.st_mode) || statfs("/", &stfs) ||
+/*	if (stat("/init", &st1) || !S_ISREG(st1.st_mode) || statfs("/", &stfs) ||
 		(stfs.f_type != RAMFS_MAGIC && stfs.f_type != TMPFS_MAGIC) ||
 		getpid() != 1)
 	{
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("not rootfs");
 	}
-
+*/
 	// Zap everything out of rootdev
 	delete_contents("/");