[H-GEN] Boot Up sequence

Andrae Muys A.Muys at mailbox.uq.edu.au
Tue Sep 23 23:42:04 EDT 1997


On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Sid Young wrote:

> >	If you intend to keep a program installed, in the true nature of
> >Sys V, you should not delete these links, but replace the S, with K.
> >
> >ie  /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K72amd, not /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S72amd.
> >
> >	This should be done for every runlevel you -don't- want the
> >program running in.  Removing the link completely could confuse the
> >poor dear.  The K indicates a kill for that particular runlevel, whereas
> >an S indicates a start.
> >
> >	It makes sense when you think about it.

For those interested I wrote up a short explanation of how RedHat does
its runlevels.  http://www.uq.edu.au/~cmamuys/documentation/sysVinit.help

Andrae Muys

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