debian init.d scripts

[MaD dUCK <madduck@madduck.net>]

hey,
i am new to debian - done redhat and suse and am now finally with what
truly seems to be the best distro. honestly, it was a pleasure to
install debian and using it is fabulous too for i *hate* that
redhat/suse automatic config crap.

anyway, been looking around through /etc/init.d and i actually
installed file-rc to control runlevels through /etc/runlevel.conf.
however, i am noticing a couple of peculiar things and i am not sure
if i am interpreting them correctly...

for instance, all these *.sh scripts, are they for single user mode
only?

and what is the difference between runlevel S and runlevel 1?

furthermore, it seems as if mounting and bringing the network up (for
instance) happen somewhere else but through
/etc/init.d{mountall,networking} - at least my default
/etc/runlevel.conf lists only runlevel S as start (and - for stop) for
both, but obviously networking starts in runlevels 2 and 3 as well.
why then are they there?

where can i find an indepth rundown of what the concept behind
/etc/init.d for potato is?

thanks,
martin

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