On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
You are right -- I am horribly wrong. Runlevels are controlled by init - not by the kernel. (You learn something new every day.) Thank you Rohit. :o)
I am going to get pitch drunk tonight! :-)
However, according to "man inittab" init can handle only a certain number of runlevels, and each runlevel has a certain meaning (like runlevel 5 being graphical login with networking and full multiuser). I can not readily see any information about adding new runlevels.
Those of us, who were around with SuSE 6.3 would probably recall that runlevel-2 was multiuser with network, while runlevel-3 was multiuser with network and X windows. At that time, this was a difference for the same/contemporary kernel [version 2.2.-14 I think] between RedHat and SuSE. So I feel that it could not have been a kernel issue. Just in the hindsight. Am I right in thinking this? Because no matter what - init itself [pid=1 and visible] is an application spawned by kernel only [pid=0 and invisible] Rohit ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com