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08/08/2004 02:11:27 AM (20 years ago)
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Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>
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Completed global edits for upcoming 6.0 release

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    2828<title>Installation of LFS-Bootscripts</title>
    2929
    30 <para>Installation of the bootscripts is very simple:</para>
     30<para>Install the package:</para>
    3131
    3232<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
     
    4141<seglistitem><seg>checkfs, cleanfs, console, functions, halt, ifdown, ifup,
    4242localnet, mountfs, mountkernfs, network, rc, reboot, sendsignals, setclock, static,
    43 swap, sysklogd and template</seg></seglistitem>
     43swap, sysklogd, template and udev</seg></seglistitem>
    4444</segmentedlist>
    4545
     
    5050<listitem>
    5151<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts checkfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-checkfs">checkfs</primary></indexterm>
    52 <para>checks the file systems just before they are mounted (with the exception of journal
     52<para>checks the file systems before they are mounted (with the exception of journal
    5353and network based file systems).</para>
    5454</listitem>
     
    5959<listitem>
    6060<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts cleanfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-cleanfs">cleanfs</primary></indexterm>
    61 <para>removes files that shouldn't be
     61<para>removes files that should not be
    6262preserved between reboots, such as those in <filename class="directory">/var/run/</filename> and
    6363<filename class="directory">/var/lock/</filename>. It re-creates <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename>
     
    7171<listitem>
    7272<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts console-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-console">console</primary></indexterm>
    73 <para>loads the keymap table you specified as proper for your keyboard layout.
    74 It also sets the screen font.</para>
     73<para>loads the keymap table you specified as proper for the keyboard
     74layout.  It also sets the screen font.</para>
    7575</listitem>
    7676</varlistentry>
     
    8080<listitem>
    8181<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts functions-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-functions">functions</primary></indexterm>
    82 <para>contains functions shared among
    83 different scripts, such as error and status checking.</para>
     82<para>contains functions shared among different scripts, such as error
     83and status checking.</para>
    8484</listitem>
    8585</varlistentry>
     
    9494
    9595<varlistentry id="ifdown-bootscripts">
    96 <term><command>ifdown</command> and <command>ifup</command></term>
     96<term><command>ifdown</command></term>
    9797<listitem>
    9898<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts ifdown-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-ifdown">ifdown</primary></indexterm>
     
    101101</varlistentry>
    102102
     103<varlistentry id="ifup-bootscripts">
     104<term><command>ifup</command></term>
     105<listitem>
     106<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts ifup-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-ifup">ifup</primary></indexterm>
     107<para>assist the network script with network devices.</para>
     108</listitem>
     109</varlistentry>
     110
    103111<varlistentry id="localnet-bootscripts">
    104112<term><command>localnet</command></term>
     
    113121<listitem>
    114122<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts mountfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-mountfs">mountfs</primary></indexterm>
    115 <para>mounts all file systems that
    116 aren't marked <emphasis>noauto</emphasis> or aren't network based.</para>
     123<para>mounts all file systems, except ones that are marked
     124<emphasis>noauto</emphasis> or are network based.</para>
    117125</listitem>
    118126</varlistentry>
     
    122130<listitem>
    123131<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts mountkernfs-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-mountkernfs">mountkernfs</primary></indexterm>
    124 <para>is used to mount kernel-provided file systems, such as <systemitem class="filesystem">proc</systemitem>.</para>
     132<para>is used to mount kernel-provided file systems, such as
     133<systemitem class="filesystem">proc</systemitem>.</para>
    125134</listitem>
    126135</varlistentry>
     
    130139<listitem>
    131140<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts network-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-network">network</primary></indexterm>
    132 <para>sets up network interfaces, such
    133 as network cards, and sets up the default gateway where applicable.</para>
     141<para>sets up network interfaces, such as network cards, and sets up
     142the default gateway (where applicable).</para>
    134143</listitem>
    135144</varlistentry>
     
    139148<listitem>
    140149<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts rc-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-rc">rc</primary></indexterm>
    141 <para>is the master run-level control script.
    142 It is responsible for running all the other scripts one-by-one, in a sequence
    143 determined by the name of the symbolic links being processed.</para>
     150<para>is the master run-level control script.  It is responsible for
     151running all the other scripts one-by-one, in a sequence determined by
     152the name of the symbolic links being processed.</para>
    144153</listitem>
    145154</varlistentry>
     
    157166<listitem>
    158167<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts sendsignals-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-sendsignals">sendsignals</primary></indexterm>
    159 <para>makes sure every process is terminated before the system reboots or halts.</para>
     168<para>makes sure every process is terminated before the system reboots
     169or halts.</para>
    160170</listitem>
    161171</varlistentry>
     
    165175<listitem>
    166176<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts setclock-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-setclock">setclock</primary></indexterm>
    167 <para>resets the kernel clock to
    168 localtime in case the hardware clock isn't set to GMT time.</para>
     177<para>resets the kernel clock to localtime in case the hardware clock
     178is not set to UTC time.</para>
    169179</listitem>
    170180</varlistentry>
     
    174184<listitem>
    175185<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts static-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-static">static</primary></indexterm>
    176 <para>provides the functionality needed
    177 to assign a static IP address to a network interface.</para>
     186<para>provides the functionality needed to assign a static IP address
     187to a network interface.</para>
    178188</listitem>
    179189</varlistentry>
     
    199209<listitem>
    200210<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts template-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-template">template</primary></indexterm>
    201 <para>is a template you can use to
    202 create your own bootscripts for your other daemons.</para>
     211<para>is a template to create custom bootscripts for other
     212daemons.</para>
     213</listitem>
     214</varlistentry>
     215
     216<varlistentry id="udev-bootscripts">
     217<term><command>udev</command></term>
     218<listitem>
     219<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts udev-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-udev">udev</primary></indexterm>
     220<para>sets up udev and create the devices nodes in <filename
     221class="directory">/dev</filename></para>
    203222</listitem>
    204223</varlistentry>
     
    208227
    209228</sect1>
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