> On 7/4/06, dave frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From have a quick look into /etc/rc it seems that all the services in >> each run level must be stopped before the services in the next run level >> are started, is this correct ? > > Yes, it is. > As far as I understand, it is not so common to change runlevel. > Normally, when you turn on the machine you pass to runlevel 5 > (or 3 if no X) and then you'll pass to runlevel 6 or 0 to reboot or > halt the machine. That's all. > > --Luca
It's been a while since I looked at the scripts, but if I remember correctly, if the new runlevel wants to run a service that is already running in the current runlevel, that service is not stopped or restarted. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
