Re: [Sheflug] Debian rocks :-)

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

Yes, this is what SuSE have started using from version 7.1 too. I am going
to muck about with the scripts to make it more like this, as multiuser, no
network, no X is very useful. Essentially, I like to have multiuser, but
with NO extraneous services

Craig

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Chris J/#6 wrote:

>
> > Good question. When I installed 2.2r2, it seemed to be:
> >
> > 1=single, 2=network+X, 3=network+X, 4=network+X, 5=network+X, 6=reboot,
> > 0=halt
> >
> > This was definitely not right, so I went in with hacksaw and surgically
> > removed bits, to end up with:
> >
> > 1 = single
> > 2 = network
> > 3 = network+X
> > 6 = reboot
> > 0 = halt
>
> If you want to make it more traditional... :)
> 	0 = halt
> 	1 = single-user, no network, no-X
> 	2 = multi-user, no network, no X
> 	3 = multi-user, network, no X
> 	4 and 5 have usually been for custom configs, in the case of
> 		Linux, X is started in one or t'other...apart from SuSE
> 		which is awkward and starts it in three.
> 	6 = reboot
>
> This also makes more sense to me as you can allow multiple logins without
> bringing up the network...if you're admin'ing a box it makes sense to do
> this if you need more than one terminal yourself. Of course, this is
> looking from a UNIX standpoint, rather than Linux, where multiple VT's in
> runlevel 1 isn't uncommon. It's different when you've got to 15 or more
> serial terminals into a machine :)
>
> Chris... :)
>
>
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