> Most services aren't sensitive to the duration of the OS instance. > The services that tend to need this behaviour are those that have > updated some aspect of the configuration that takes effect at kernel > startup, which is generally tied to some device-related state.
Welll, I'm not so sure; I see this as a very useful tool for initial bringup: install w/ minimal services, patch, configure, reboot. In that case you don't want the services to start before boot. Casper
