--- Tijnema ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ~snip~
> Finally it will start /bin/login, and show you a > login box asking your > username and password :) If you have things like > X/KDE/Gnome > installed, you probably won't notice it is starting, > because X starts > inside the bootscripts (rc3.d, rc4.d or rc5.d). Not unless you specify for x to start in them. several distros have runlevel 3 as a multiuser cli runlevel with networking. [ which is the way I set my own lfs systems to work, no gui by default, specially no graphic boot sequence, since hiding information is, for me, a stupid idea. I also use lilo rather than grub, since grub doesn't like text only boot sequences. ] > The meaning of each runlevel: > 0: halt the computer > 1: single-user mode > 2: multi-user mode without networking > 3: multi-user mode with networking > 4: reserved for customization, otherwise does the > same as 3 > 5: same as 4, it is usually used for GUI login (like > X's xdm or KDE's kdm) > 6: reboot the computer > (from: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter07/usage.html, > a lot info about the LFS bootscripts.) > > initrd is an extra option, it is not required, but > it is sometimes > useful for loading drivers before actually loading > the rest. It is > used by some distributions, mostly because it speeds > up the system, as > an RAM disk is a lot faster then a regular disk. But > a normal LFS > system is very fast, so there's not a really good > reason to use it. > Unless you are trying to do some sh*t, like i want. > Booting linux from > an floppy, and using initrd to load some drivers for > my USB pen drive, > and then boot the actual pen drive. > > So for your firmware, you probably want to interact > with the kernel in > the boot process, so you should probably write an > Linux kernel module > (one that can be compiled into the kernel too). So > you might want to > look at The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide: > http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html > > I hope this helps you, like i said at top, if you > need to know more > about a specific part, just tell me ;) > > Best Regards, > > Tijnema > -- Jaqui Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Start today at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
