On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 21:52 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 09:51:37PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > Hello, > > > > In line with the recent discussion, lets aim at defining what _boot_ is: > [...] > > No, let's not. Beyond RAM, CPU, IRQ controllers and timers (all > of which are part of the kernel's early initialisation) pretty > much all of this varies from system to system and potentialy from > boot to boot.
I'd assume that. Thank you. > Further, if I normally log in to my laptop through gdm then gdm most > certainly is part of the boot process *on that laptop*. And if I set > up a Debian-based system as a web kiosk, starting the web browser is > also part of the boot process *on that system*. Then why can't we define what _boot_ is then? Single user, multi-user, desktop, laptop, server, with or without X (soon wayland) etc? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1335733868.1819.118.camel@x60
