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| author | Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> | 2002-01-29 18:56:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> | 2002-01-29 18:56:36 +0000 |
| commit | fe39ac56e1cedc88828ffaacab18cdc747d04626 (patch) | |
| tree | 807a4e2325b9307155911a85515a33d8e29d3bb2 /doc/index.html | |
| parent | 586824b9a97781004b8d5f5beaa81a156c5148d7 (diff) | |
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0.3.0.
many changes, see package/CHANGES.
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diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index f8a00d8..47a09e9 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ Dependencies and runlevels</a> <a href="http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html">daemontools</a> package to create a replacement for <a href="ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/">sysvinit</a>. -<i>runit</i> currently runs on -<a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian GNU/Linux sid/woody</a>, -<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD 2.9</a>, -<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD 4.4</a> and can easily be -adapted to other unix operating systems. If <i>runit</i> runs for -you on any other operating system or linux distribution, please let me know. +<i>runit</i> runs on <b>Debian GNU/Linux sid/woody</b>, +<b>OpenBSD 2.9</b>, <b>FreeBSD 4.4</b>. <i>runit</i> reportedly runs on +<b>FreeBSD 4.3</b>, and can easily be adapted to other unix operating +systems. If <i>runit</i> runs for you on any other operating system or +linux distribution, please let me know. <p> <b>Warning:</b> Replacing <i>sysvinit</i> or <i>init</i> can cause the system's boot to fail. Make sure you are able to recover and repair your @@ -48,13 +47,16 @@ if this is started by the kernel. <li><b>Stage 1:</b><br> <i>runit</i> starts <tt>/etc/runit/1</tt> and waits for it to terminate. The system's one time initialization tasks are done here. + <tt>/etc/runit/1</tt> has full control of <tt>/dev/console</tt> to be + able to start an emergency shell if the one time initialization tasks + fail. <li><b>Stage 2:</b><br> <i>runit</i> starts <tt>/etc/runit/2</tt> which should not return until the system is going to halt or reboot, if it crashes, it will be restarted. Normally, <tt>/etc/runit/2</tt> runs <a href="http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/svscanboot.html">svscanboot</a>. In Stage 2 <i>runit</i> optionally handles an INT signal - (ctrl-alt-del keyboard request on i386). + (ctrl-alt-del keyboard request on Linux/i386). <li><b>Stage 3:</b><br> If <i>runit</i> is told to halt or reboot the system, or the Stage 2 returns without errors, it terminates Stage 2 if it is running and runs |