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diff --git a/chapter07/introduction.xml b/chapter07/introduction.xml index e9878ac54..323270849 100644 --- a/chapter07/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter07/introduction.xml @@ -1,12 +1,20 @@ -<sect1 id="ch09-introduction"> +<sect1 id="ch07-introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para> -This chapter will setup basic networking. Although the system might not be -connected to a network, Linux software uses network functions anyway. -We'll be installing at least the local loopback device and a network -card as well if applicable. Also the proper boot scripts will be created -so that networking will be enabled during boot time. +This chapter will create the necessary scripts that are run at boot time. +These scripts perform tasks such as remounting the root file system +mounted read-only by the kernel into read-write mode, activating the swap +partition(s), running a check on the root file system to make sure it's +intact, setting up networking and starting the daemons that the system uses. +</para> + +<para> +We will be using SysV style init scripts. We have chosen this style because it +is widely used and we feel confortable with it. If you want to try something +else, someone has written an LFS-Hint on <ulink +url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-hints/BSD-Init.txt">BSD style init +scripts</ulink>. </para> </sect1> |