On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 06:09:48PM +0100, Vincent Vangoethem wrote: > In the Debian FAQ last version > (http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-12.html#ss12.5) it is written > "The configuration file for init (which is /etc/inittab) specifies that > the first script to be executed should be /etc/init.d/rcS".
Correct. Our /etc/inittab (used with sysvinit package) says: # Boot-time system configuration/initialization script. # This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode. si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS > A older version of this FAQ (aug-96, see > http://129.125.102.126/~erik/debian/debian-faq-11.html) tell: "The > configuration file for init (which is /etc/inittab) specifies that the > first script to be executed should be /etc/init.d/boot" That was right, at that time. It seems pretty obvious that you can't rely on obsoleted versions of a document to be accurate. > In another (paper) document, I read it is the file "/etc/rc.d/rc.S". There is no such directory /etc/rc.d on Debian systems (at least with sysvinit package installed). > - choose the right versions There might be differences in the approach, and filenames, when using different boot mechanisms, such as the one in our file-rc package. However, I think most people use plain sysvinit method. > - tell me more: from which Debian version it has changed The changelog for sysvinit version 2.72, dated Sun, 12 Oct 1997 17:20:17 +0200, says: * Split up /etc/init.d/boot into seperate files in /etc/rcS.d I guess that's the date, then. The Debian GNU/Linux release which included this change was 2.0 ("hamm"). > - is /etc/init.d/boot the old name of rcS ? AFAICT that is not completely true. -- enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name
