OVERVIEW

Init scripts for sysvinit on Zeppe-Lin.

This distribution is a fork of CRUX init scripts (version 2.31, extracted from the rc port), with the following differences:

• Rewritten in POSIX sh(1p) instead of bash(1)
• Added manual pages: rc(8), rc.conf(5), and rc.d(7)
• Optional seedrng(8) support to seed the kernel RNG from seed files
• Optional mdadm(1) support to assemble RAID volumes
• Optional cryptmount(8) support to parse crypttab(5) via cryptsetup(8)
• Kernel ring buffer is saved to /var/log/dmesg instead of /var/log/boot
• Configurable boot logging daemon (e.g., bootlogd(8))
• Configurable device manager instead of default udevd(8)
• Configurable screen blanking timeout
• Removed rc.fix file
• Mount /dev/pts and /dev/shm after /dev
• Mount all virtual filesystems without writing to /etc/mtab (supports read-only /etc)
• Optional delegation of module list handling to the standalone modules-load(8) utility

See the git log for full history.

Original sources:

• https://git.crux.nu/ports/core/src/branch/3.6/rc

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REQUIREMENTS

Build-time

• POSIX sh(1p), make(1p) and "mandatory utilities"
• scdoc(1) to generate manual pages

Runtime

• POSIX sh(1p) and "mandatory utilities"
• sysvinit to run initscripts and manage runlevels
• util-linux and coreutils
• udevd(8) from eudev/udev/systemd-udevd for device management, or a custom manager specified via DEVMGR
• sysctl(8) from procps/procps-ng to set kernel variables
• ldconfig(8) from glibc to update shared library links
• hostname(1) from inetutils to set the hostname
• depmod(8) from kmod to generate modules.dep and map files

Optional dependencies:

• bootlogd(8) from sysvinit for boot logging
• setfont(8) and loadkeys(1) from kbd for console font and keyboard layout
• seedrng(8) from seedrng to seed the kernel RNG
• vgscan(8), vgchange(8), and lvm(8) from lvm for device-mapper nodes and LVM volume groups
• mdadm(8) from mdadm to detect and assemble RAID devices
• cryptmount(8) from cryptmount to manage encrypted volumes (requires cryptsetup(8), blkid(8), and mkswap(8))
• modules-load(8) from modules-load to load modules from configuration directories

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INSTALLATION

To install:

# as root
make install

Configuration parameters are defined in config.mk.

Post-Install

Customize the following files:

1. /etc/rc.conf: System-wide settings and SERVICES list (see rc.conf(5)).
2. /etc/inittab: Manages the boot process and runlevels (see inittab(5)).

Examples are provided in extra/rc.conf.sample, extra/inittab.sample, and in the Zeppe-Lin rc package.

Note on POSIX Environments: Some versions of mount(1) may not support non-numeric group names. If mounting /dev/pts fails, replace git=tty with the numeric group ID (e.g., gid=5) in the main rc script.

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DOCUMENTATION

Manual pages are provided in /man and installed under the system manual hierarchy.

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LICENSE

rc is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.

See COPYING for license terms and COPYRIGHT for notices.