Any ideas/suggestions/pointers ?? Pleeeeeeeez !?? Kevin
On 12/13/06, Kevin Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to understand the boot process in BLFS and I'm stuck when > it > comes to understanding rcsysinit. > > All the linux distros I've used in the past use a script "rc.sysinit" or > similar to do system initialization and then execute the script "rc" to to > enter one of the runlevels. > > In BLFS, /etc/inittab calls the script "rc" for both system init and to boot > into any of the runlevels. OK, It doesn't matter what script is called as > long as the system is initialized and the runlevel is entered successfully. > > My question is that, how do the scripts under /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d get > executed ? I don't see any reference to these scripts in the script > "rc" , except a check that sees if the start links in rcsysinitd.d also > exist > in the runlevel in question. These scripts are not called from within "rc" > script. Yet, these scripts get called anyway !!?? How is that ? > > After having compiled a complete BLFS system, I decided to put in some eye > candy - bootsplash and hence, all the rumbling and woes !! > > Bootsplash requires some hooks to be implemented in each of the startup > scripts as well as the master control script i.e. "rc". My intention is to > show an animated icon for each of the start/stop scripts including those > that > are called from rcsysinitd.d directory. I can't find a master script that > calls these links under rcsysinit.d directory. > > Of course, it is possible that I missed something ! > > Any input in this regard would be highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Kevin > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
