INIT and the boot scripts, a theoretical question.

stf92 · 09-19-2011, 02:51 AM

Hi: a theoretical question: can I say that the boot scripts are all run after INIT runs?

syg00 · 09-19-2011, 03:04 AM

Probably ...
Depends on what you mean by:
- "boot scripts" (boot has well and truly finished by the time INIT is scheduled), and
- "INIT runs" (INIT rarely terminates)

stf92 · 09-19-2011, 03:24 AM

boot scripts: let's change the question. Is any of the scripts found in /etc run before the screen shows: 'INIT: x.xx booting' ?

samtoddler · 09-19-2011, 04:42 AM

Hi,

I think boot is finished when the init process starts. as soon as the init process starts it reads the /etc/inittab file
and take the system into the mentioned runlevel,after getting the runlevel the corresponding scripts are executed
in the /etc/rc(1,2,3,4,5,6).d/

samtoddler

stf92 · 09-19-2011, 05:09 AM

Fine. I was trying to follow the tree whose root is inittab. Now I do know it is the "root". As I have an old linux, I hope the job will not be too big. That is, I want to draw a on paper a flow diagram showing the order (partial order) in which those scripts are executed.