From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.util.phx.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i61L66XW019882 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:06:06 -0400 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i61L66h14049 for blinux-list@listman.util.phx.redhat.com; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:06:06 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i61L65014044 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:06:05 -0400 Received: from smtp.andrew.cmu.edu (smtp.andrew.cmu.edu [128.2.10.82]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i61L64e1018445 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:06:04 -0400 Received: from SKYDIVER.andrew.cmu.edu (SKYDIVER.andrew.cmu.edu [128.2.122.177]) by smtp.andrew.cmu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i61L64bR026235 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:06:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:06:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Rossi To: blinux-list@redhat.com Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-RedHat-Spam-Score: 1.921 * X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Boot process. X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:06:06 -0000 Hi folks, I am pretty new to Linux but have worked on UNIX, mainly Solaris for a number of years. I've just gotten an Elba and am poking around in it with grand thoughts of customizing it. But, I want to be damn careful before I actually do anything. I want to get rid of their cute little control center as my first act of destruction .. uh .. customization. I see in /etc/inittab the line that begins the concen program. I want to comment that out, but need to know how to be sure then that the machine will at least boot to a login prompt. Can I just slip in a getty line in place of the concen line? Also, I do not know for sure what distro of Linux this puppy is running. I thought I read somewhere that it was Debian but I'm not so sure now. I'm not exactly sure how to figure it out, but I noticed some differences in the directory structure under /etc from what some of the debian stuff I've read. For instance, there isn't a /etc/init.d but a /etc/rc/init.d and all the rc.*.d directories are also under /etc/rc. Well, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: dr25@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081