Complete SYSV boot env with added bells

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From: ja...@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: bootsys3.taz - Complete SYSV boot env with added bells : -)
Message-ID: <1993Jan12.000938.26615@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
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Keywords: init, boot, xdm
Sender: wirze...@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:09:38 GMT
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	bootsys3.taz

Release 3 of my complete SYSV-a-like boot environment and init.
This archive replaces bootsys.taz which, in turn, replaced sysvboot.taz.
Please delete all earlier archives :-).

What does it do?

  Get the archive and see the README and FEATURES files. Basically...

The programs and scripts in bootsys provide full control of your system
from the boot stage onwards. Swap space is initialised and attached, file
systems are checked and mounted, daemons are started etc. etc.

  The scripts used all take configuration information from easy to
understand files in /etc/default.

  The init supplied as part of the bootsys package is a SYSV compatible
version with some enhancements. Multiple run levels are supported and a
number are ready configured covering everything from single user mode to
an X windows workstation setup using xdm. Run levels may be named using
special entries in inittab (again useful examples are provided) and these
may be used as arguments on the Lilo boot command line or as arguments to
telinit. e.g. 'linux su' might boot Linux in to single user mode, 'linux X'
may boot Linux straight to an xdm login screen and 'telinit network' may
terminate X and xdm and leave Linux in text mode with all network daemons
active. Ctrl-alt-del is trapped to sync before reboot. Init provides periodic
syncing at configurable intervals rendering update unnecessary. Oh... Go read
the FEATURES file...

  Documentation and manual pages are provided, as is an easy install
script and source to init (as well as an executable of course).

  Binaries of the latest mount, umount and shutdown are provided in case
your current ones don't have the NFS support in them.

  Note that the scripts assume you have awk and a working ps. To protect
your sanity when using multiple kernels I recommend the procps package :-).

  Bootsys requires H.J. Lu's 4.2 release of libc.

Reward for reading this far <G>: I have patched ftpd and xdm to use the
shadow login routines. Shout if you want patches. I'll diff 'em up
sometime...

			Mike