Re: init - autostarts

[Jo Hoffmann <jxh@dcs.ed.ac.uk>]

> Dominic> all that "starting syslogd", "starting inetd" etc
> Dominic> when you're booting, it's controlled by init, right?
> Dominic> how do i tell it not to start the things I'd rather
> Dominic> not be running?
> 
> if you're wondering about things like scsi-initialization
> and isdn setup, then i say "me too". they seem to happen BEFORE
> the /etc/init.d/* scripts get called from /etc/rc*.d/S* . . .
> 
> how about it? where can we turn off scsi probing or isdn scans?

Everything that you see on the screen before init starts are kernel messages.
In order to get rid of SCSI/ISDN (or any other hardware you don't use) probing
you need to recompile the kernel. You find more info in the kernel-howto,
either on your system under /usr/doc/HOWTO/ or at www.linuxdoc.org, there
you'll find the HOWTOs and Guides with very valuable information of how the 
system is started up. Watch out for Installation-, System Admin.-, Users- 
Guide ...

Jo