Article View: comp.os.linux.announce
Article #97ANNOUNCE: bootsys3.taz - Complete SYSV boot env with added bells : -)
From: Mike Jagdis
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:09
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:09
48 lines
2716 bytes
2716 bytes
Uploaded to tsx-11.mit.edu, sunsite.unc.edu and nic.funet.fi bootsys3.taz Release 3 of my complete SYSV-a-like boot environment and init. This archive replaces bootsys.taz which, in turn, replaced sysvboot.taz. Please delete all earlier archives :-). What does it do? Get the archive and see the README and FEATURES files. Basically... The programs and scripts in bootsys provide full control of your system from the boot stage onwards. Swap space is initialised and attached, file systems are checked and mounted, daemons are started etc. etc. The scripts used all take configuration information from easy to understand files in /etc/default. The init supplied as part of the bootsys package is a SYSV compatible version with some enhancements. Multiple run levels are supported and a number are ready configured covering everything from single user mode to an X windows workstation setup using xdm. Run levels may be named using special entries in inittab (again useful examples are provided) and these may be used as arguments on the Lilo boot command line or as arguments to telinit. e.g. 'linux su' might boot Linux in to single user mode, 'linux X' may boot Linux straight to an xdm login screen and 'telinit network' may terminate X and xdm and leave Linux in text mode with all network daemons active. Ctrl-alt-del is trapped to sync before reboot. Init provides periodic syncing at configurable intervals rendering update unnecessary. Oh... Go read the FEATURES file... Documentation and manual pages are provided, as is an easy install script and source to init (as well as an executable of course). Binaries of the latest mount, umount and shutdown are provided in case your current ones don't have the NFS support in them. Note that the scripts assume you have awk and a working ps. To protect your sanity when using multiple kernels I recommend the procps package :-). Bootsys requires H.J. Lu's 4.2 release of libc. Reward for reading this far <G>: I have patched ftpd and xdm to use the shadow login routines. Shout if you want patches. I'll diff 'em up sometime... Mike
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1993Jan12.000938.26615@klaava.Helsinki.FI>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!hydra!klaava!wirzeniuShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!hydra!klaava!wirzeniu From: jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis) Subject: ANNOUNCE: bootsys3.taz - Complete SYSV boot env with added bells : -) Message-ID: <1993Jan12.000938.26615@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Followup-To: comp.os.linux Keywords: init, boot, xdm Sender: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) Organization: University of Helsinki Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:09:38 GMT Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Lars Wirzenius) Lines: 48