Topics

• HOWTO-Write init scripts

• Init Design Documentation

• Init Internal Documentation

About

The Source Mage GNU/Linux init system is based on the simpleinit-msb program which is a rather simple init program that allows dependencies between init scripts. By using dependencies a failed script will not cause an avalanche of other scripts to fail. This also means that the system administrator or spell designer does not have to manually specify at which point a script should run, it will always run at a time when it's dependencies are fully satisfied.

For more information about the design and thought behind our system please see the design documentation.

How do I...

• ... set the default runlevel?

  • Edit the DEFAULT_RUNLEVEL option in /etc/sysconfig/init.

• ... enable parallel running of init scripts?

  • Edit the PARALLEL_INIT option in /etc/sysconfig/init.

• ... get a more verbose boot process, for example to see where the bootup halts?

  • Add "set -x" just above the case statement at the end of /etc/init.d/rc.