boot sequence

[bluesky]

I read the gentoo doc on init but still feel a little bit confused. What I want to know is:

1. How to get a daemon ( or program )to start at boot and stop at shutdown?

2. How to set the sequence of various programs to start up?

3. In some distro, the rc.conf is used to set the sequence of programs startup. What is it function in gentoo?

4. What is used in place of rc1.d, rc2.d ... in Gentoo?

Can you give me some hints?


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[pjp]

1) rc-update a-daemon-or-program add boot Where a-daemon-or-program is a script in /etc/init.d. According the the rc-script guide, it will need at least a start() function. You can include a stop() function too.

2) Use the depend, before or after settings.

3) Don't think there is a 'file' that does this. As far as I know, the runlevel is the 'first' order of precendence. After that, the depend, before and after options control the order.

4) /etc/init.d and /etc/runlevels perhaps?

I'd take a look at /etc/net.eth0 for an example. Should be reasonably understandable.

That is my udnerstanding... anyone feel free to correct me (like that needs to be written )
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[bluesky]

Thanks . It worked.
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