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Customizing UNIX system startup

Entering the default state during powerup

When you power up or reboot your system, it enters the default system state that appears in the initdefault line of the /etc/inittab file. If you have installed the Network File System, (NFS(tm), this line contains a 3 in the second field, indicating that the system is to be put into networking state by default. If you do not have the NFS package installed, this line contains a 2 in the second field, indicating that the system is to be put into multiuser state by default. The following is an example initdefault entry:

   is:3:initdefault:

Once the computer boots and control passes to the unix program, the following events occur as the system enters its default state:

When all these processes have been called, the system is in the default system state (system state 2 or system state 3).


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