I am trying to get an understanding of the opensuse init process on boot - how opensuse boots linux through the different run levels. I am used to systems which use rc.sysinit which opensuse doesn’t have. Can someone point me at a comprehensive, in depth description of how opensuse boots?
On 03/19/2014 10:26 AM, ska589 wrote:
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> OS opensuse 12.3 x64; KDE
>
> I am trying to get an understanding of the opensuse init process on boot
> - how opensuse boots linux through the different run levels. I am used
> to systems which use rc.sysinit which opensuse doesn’t have. Can someone
> point me at a comprehensive, in depth description of how opensuse boots?
On 2014-03-19 16:26, ska589 wrote:
>
> OS opensuse 12.3 x64; KDE
>
> I am trying to get an understanding of the opensuse init process on boot
> - how opensuse boots linux through the different run levels. I am used
> to systems which use rc.sysinit which opensuse doesn’t have. Can someone
> point me at a comprehensive, in depth description of how opensuse boots?
There is an openSUSE reference book which explains it. Up to version
12.3 you can download it as a package, both in pdf form or as html.
However, the page is IMO badly organized, compared with the old doc.opensuse.org. There is no complete table of contents, for instance.
You can download a PDF version of the book, but it does not have a table
of contents, either, so searching for the chapter that I know is there
is quite difficult. There are links in the PDF to sections of the book,
that instead of linking to the PDF, links to the html instead.
Have a look at these chapters, they explain your question:
Chapter 7. Booting a Linux System
Chapter 8. The systemd Daemon
Chapter 9. The Boot Loader GRUB
Chapter 10. The Boot Loader GRUB2
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)