Subject: Re: take 2; which way should we go for /etc/rc...
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/02/1999 12:02:51
On 02-Dec-99 Jason Thorpe wrote:
> Okay....
> 
> So, runlevels are useful in many circumstances... For example, I often boot
> devel machines into single-user mode but also want networking up.  Being
> able to boot into runlevel 1 (single-user + networking) would be useful
> to me.

Personaly I'd be happier if I could just boot single user and fire off
/etc/netstart

> Plus, runlevels don't mean you can't say:
> 
>         /etc/init.d/httpd start
> 
> In fact, systems with runlevels explitcly support that.

I didn't mean to imply that they didn't.  I mostly meant that I would like that
in addition to our current scheme.

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