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</sect2>
-<sect2 id="contents-bootscripts"><title>Contents of LFS-bootscripts</title>
-
-<para><emphasis>Installed scripts</emphasis>: checkfs, cleanfs,
-console,
-functions, halt, ifdown, ifup,
-localnet, mountfs, mountkernfs, network, rc,
-reboot, sendsignals, setclock, static, swap, sysklogd and template</para>
-
-</sect2>
+<sect2 id="contents-bootscripts" role="content"><title>Contents of LFS-bootscripts</title>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed scripts</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>checkfs, cleanfs, console, functions, halt, ifdown, ifup,
+localnet, mountfs, mountkernfs, network, rc, reboot, sendsignals, setclock, static,
+swap, sysklogd and template</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
-<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
+<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="checkfs-bootscripts"><command>checkfs</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts checkfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-checkfs">checkfs</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="checkfs-bootscripts">The <command>checkfs</command> script checks the file systems just
-before they are mounted (with the exception of journal and network based
-file systems).</para>
-
+<para>checks the file systems just before they are mounted (with the exception of journal
+and network based file systems).</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="cleanfs-bootscripts"><command>cleanfs</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts cleanfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-cleanfs">cleanfs</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="cleanfs-bootscripts">The <command>cleanfs</command> script removes files that shouldn't be
+<para>removes files that shouldn't be
preserved between reboots, such as those in <filename>/var/run/</filename> and
<filename>/var/lock/</filename>. It re-creates <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename>
and removes the possibly present <filename>/etc/nologin</filename>,
<filename>/fastboot</filename> and <filename>/forcefsck</filename> files.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="console-bootscripts"><command>console</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts console-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-console">console</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="console-bootscripts">The <command>console</command> script
-loads the keymap table you
-specified as proper for your keyboard layout.
+<para>loads the keymap table you specified as proper for your keyboard layout.
It also sets the screen font.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="functions-bootscripts"><command>functions</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts functions-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-functions">functions</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="functions-bootscripts">The <command>functions</command> script contains functions shared among
+<para>contains functions shared among
different scripts, such as error and status checking.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="halt-bootscripts"><command>halt</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts halt-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-halt">halt</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="halt-bootscripts">The <command>halt</command> script halts the system.</para>
+<para>halts the system.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="ifdown-bootscripts"><command>ifdown</command> and <command>ifup</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts ifdown-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-ifdown">ifdown</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="ifdown-bootscripts">The <command>ifdown</command> and <command>ifup</command> scripts assist
-the network script with network devices.</para>
+<para>assist the network script with network devices.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="localnet-bootscripts"><command>localnet</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts localnet-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="localnet-bootscripts">The <command>localnet</command> script sets up the system's hostname and
-local loopback device.</para>
+<para>sets up the system's hostname and local loopback device.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="mountfs-bootscripts"><command>mountfs</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts mountfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-mountfs">mountfs</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="mountfs-bootscripts">The <command>mountfs</command> script mounts all file systems that
+<para>mounts all file systems that
aren't marked <emphasis>noauto</emphasis> or aren't network based.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="mountkernfs-bootscripts"><command>mountkernfs</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts mountkernfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-mountkernfs">mountkernfs</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="mountkernfs-bootscripts">The <command>mountkernfs</command> script is used to mount
-kernel-provided file systems, such as /proc.</para>
+<para>is used to mount kernel-provided file systems, such as /proc.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="network-bootscripts"><command>network</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts network-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-network">network</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="network-bootscripts">The <command>network</command> script sets up network interfaces, such
+<para>sets up network interfaces, such
as network cards, and sets up the default gateway where applicable.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="rc-bootscripts"><command>rc</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts rc-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-rc">rc</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="rc-bootscripts">The <command>rc</command> script is the master run-level control script.
+<para>is the master run-level control script.
It is responsible for running all the other scripts one-by-one, in a sequence
determined by the name of the symbolic links being processed.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="reboot-bootscripts"><command>reboot</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts reboot-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-reboot">reboot</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="reboot-bootscripts">The <command>reboot</command> script reboots the system.</para>
+<para>reboots the system.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="sendsignals-bootscripts"><command>sendsignals</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts sendsignals-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-sendsignals">sendsignals</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="sendsignals-bootscripts">The <command>sendsignals</command> script makes sure every process is
-terminated before the system reboots or halts.</para>
+<para>makes sure every process is terminated before the system reboots or halts.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="setclock-bootscripts"><command>setclock</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts setclock-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-setclock">setclock</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="setclock-bootscripts">The <command>setclock</command> script resets the kernel clock to
+<para>resets the kernel clock to
localtime in case the hardware clock isn't set to GMT time.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="static-bootscripts"><command>static</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts static-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-static">static</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="static-bootscripts">The <command>static</command> script provides the functionality needed
+<para>provides the functionality needed
to assign a static IP address to a network interface.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="swap-bootscripts"><command>swap</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts swap-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-swap">swap</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="swap-bootscripts">The <command>swap</command> script enables and disables swap files and
-partitions.</para>
+<para>enables and disables swap files and partitions.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="sysklogd-bootscripts"><command>sysklogd</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts sysklogd-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-sysklogd">sysklogd</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="sysklogd-bootscripts">The <command>sysklogd</command> script starts and stops the system and
-kernel log daemons.</para>
+<para>starts and stops the system and kernel log daemons.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="template-bootscripts"><command>template</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts template-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-template">template</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="template-bootscripts">The <command>template</command> script is a template you can use to
+<para>is a template you can use to
create your own bootscripts for your other daemons.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
</sect2>
-
-
</sect1>