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- reads ("sources") /dev/.devfsd checks to see if
we're running devfs and starts the devfsd daemon
- check to see if it exists then reads /etc/sysconfig/network for instructions
on setting the hostname and starting networking
- reads /etc/init.d/functions for instructions for setting up locale
and for function definitions
- checks to see if this will be a graphical boot and prepares for it
- checks /etc/inittab and starts mgetty on configured virtual consoles
- set console fonts
- prints a banner to the console
- mounts the /proc filesystem
- unmounts the startup ramdisk
- configures kernel paramters
- sets the system clock
- read he configuration and maps the keyboard for the terminals and
console
- sets the hostname
- initializes USB devices and HID devices like USB keyboard and mouse
and required USB storage
- runs fsck on the file systems
- checks for filesystem quotas and updates quotas on the root filesystem
- checks for ISP plug-n-play devices and configures them
- remounts the root filesystem in read-write
- initializes LVM (Logical Volume Management)
- activates swaps
- writes a new mtab
- starts syslog
- runs depmd
- load sound modules
- load kernel modules
- start any configured raid devices
- initialize LVM again, in case any are on the raid just started
- mount all other filesystems
- check quotas on newly mounted filesystems
- reread the network configuration and reset the hostname if necessary
- clean up /var
- reset the console permissions
- clean up utmp
- delete stale locks
- turn on swap
- read /etc/rc.serial and configure serial ports
- check for scsi tape drives and load the module for it
- load usb storage
- check for and load firewire
- load ide-scsi for things like ide CDR burners and DVD-R
- run hdparm for ide drives
- generate a header that defines the boot kernel
- adjust symlinks for System.map file
- dumps syslog messages to a file /var/log/dmesg
- creates a crash indicator flag to warn on crashes
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