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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/usage.xml | 28 |
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diff --git a/chapter07/chapter07.xml b/chapter07/chapter07.xml index 5b1cdb8ad..b97852d03 100644 --- a/chapter07/chapter07.xml +++ b/chapter07/chapter07.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <chapter id="chapter07"> -<title>Creating system boot scripts</title> +<title>Setting up system boot scripts</title> <?dbhtml filename="chapter07.html" dir="chapter07"?> &c7-introduction; diff --git a/chapter07/createdirs.xml b/chapter07/createdirs.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 0cca02dcc..000000000 --- a/chapter07/createdirs.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ch07-createdirs"> -<title>Creating directories</title> -<?dbhtml filename="createdirs.html" dir="chapter07"?> - -<para>We need to start by creating a few extra directories that are used by -the boot scripts. These directories are created by running:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>cd /etc &&</userinput> -<userinput>mkdir rc{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,S}.d init.d sysconfig &&</userinput> -<userinput>cd init.d</userinput></screen></para> - -</sect1> - diff --git a/chapter07/introduction.xml b/chapter07/introduction.xml index daa783cff..92fd0c18b 100644 --- a/chapter07/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter07/introduction.xml @@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ <title>Introduction</title> <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter07"?> -<para>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>This chapter will setup the bootscripts that you installed in chapter +6. Most of these scripts will work without needing to modify them, but a +few do require additional configuration files setup as they deal with +hardware dependant information.</para> <para>We will be using SysV style init scripts. We have chosen this style because it is widely used and we feel comfortable with it. If you want to @@ -16,10 +14,5 @@ at <ulink url="&hints-root;bsd-init.txt">&hints-root;bsd-init.txt</ulink> .</para> -<para>If you decided to copy&paste the scripts from this chapter, you -would do best to copy&paste them in small chunks, one screenfull at a -time. Some scripts are too large to fit in the copy buffer and will be -truncated when you paste it.</para> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter07/usage.xml b/chapter07/usage.xml index f6894436c..4f40939d4 100644 --- a/chapter07/usage.xml +++ b/chapter07/usage.xml @@ -31,23 +31,19 @@ the target runlevel. For example, to reboot the computer, a user would issue the init 6 command. The reboot command is just an alias, as is the halt command an alias to init 0.</para> -<para>The /etc/init.d/rcS script is run at every startup of the computer, -before any runlevel is executed and runs the scripts listed in -/etc/rcS.d</para> - -<para>There are a number of directories under /etc that look like like rc?.d -where ? is the number of the runlevel and rcS.d which contain a number of -symbolic links. Some begin with an K, the others begin with an S, and all -of them have three numbers following the initial letter. The K means to -stop (kill) a service, and the S means to start a service. The numbers -determine the order in which the scripts are run, from 000 to 999; the -lower the number the sooner it gets executed. When init switches to -another runlevel, the appropriate services get killed and others get -started.</para> - -<para>The real scripts are in /etc/init.d. They do all the work, and the +<para>There are a number of directories under /etc/rc.d that look like +like rc?.d where ? is the number of the runlevel and rcsysinit.d which +contain a number of symbolic links. Some begin with an K, the others +begin with an S, and all of them have three numbers following the initial +letter. The K means to stop (kill) a service, and the S means to start a +service. The numbers determine the order in which the scripts are run, +from 00 to 99; the lower the number the sooner it gets executed. When init +switches to another runlevel, the appropriate services get killed and +others get started.</para> + +<para>The real scripts are in /etc/rc.d/init.d. They do all the work, and the symlinks all point to them. Killing links and starting links point to -the same script in /etc/init.d. That's because the scripts can be +the same script in /etc/rc.d/init.d. That's because the scripts can be called with different parameters like start, stop, restart, reload, status. When a K link is encountered, the appropriate script is run with the stop argument. When a S link is encountered, the appropriate script |