On Wed 28 May 2003 11:21, Han Boetes posted as excerpted below: > Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree, altho disassembling the script myself into components was how > > I cut my teeth on learning both shell scripting and the Mdk init > > system, as I did it, then upgraded initscripts, then did it again. <g> > > > > Now, I don't bother, as I'm running Cooker and updating initscripts > > fairly regularly, but I know where stuff is basically and always > > delete the i18n font initialization stuff, as it fails to keep the > > LILO screen resolution choice I made. > > *g* then you know what those lines do, but not what they really do :) > > There is a much more elegant solution to that problem.
Indeed. That's just the one I found first, and it works with no ill effects that I can see here, so why mess with it any longer? AFAIK, those lines don't do anything I need on a standard English-only installation. As for the screen resolution, AFAIK, a simple command invoked in the local file would work, but I've only come across it once, while I was working on something else, and don't recall what it was. All I know is if I cut out the font internationalization stuff I don't use anyway, I don't have the problem, so that's what I do. As well, since my entire system (save for the legacy FAT partitions on an entirely different drive, and the swap partition) is ReiserFS based, it'd be nice to be able to cut out the fsck stuff, or alternatively, to get it to do a reiserfsck --fix-fixable or --rebuild-tree if I hit the key to force fsck, on an improper shutdown, but with the frequently updated huge spaghetti coded rc.sysinit, it's not worth the effort, so I just let it sit there and expire the five seconds, or hit the fsck button to do the stub-code fsck that just returns, and speed up the process. There are other sections I could delete or change as well, if it weren't in one big huge spaghetti coded script that's updated frequently, due to my cooker activity. All that would speed up boot, but the only thing I do is the internationalization font stuff, as that affects life AFTER boot, as well. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
