Good day, Onsdag den 25. juni 2003 13:53 kvad Rohit:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
Runlevels are a Linux kernel thing, so they are present in all Linux distributions whether they like it or not. You can not add or remove runlevels unless you change the kernel code and recompile a new kernel.
Are you sure?
Handling of runlevels is supposed to be handled by init [SNIP]
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) 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. Indeed runlevel 4 seems to not be used, som one could use that for experimenting. Still, I would be careful about experimenting with runlevels on a production system. I still recommend people making separate partitions for an experimental installation. Some people are more adventurous than others though. :o) Best regards :o) Johnny :o)