On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 16:23 +0100, Luciano Rocha wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 10:16:14AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 09:07 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > At the bottom of the boot list there are instructions on how to edit a > > > boot line. If the line is edited and the number 3 is placed at the end > > > of the line the system will boot to run level 3. A 1 will get eh system > > > to boot to run level 1 and so on. > > > > So this is a function of rhgb, not of init, i.e. it's some > > RedHat-specific magic. > > No, it's a function of init. The kernel passes unrecognized options to > the init process, and init checks for a runlevel specification (1-5, > single, -b, s, etc.). I believe you, but I'd still like to see where this is documented. My point is not that there's anything wrong with this, but that the required info is not easy to come by. poc
