Instead of commenting them out, you might want to consider changing then to "read -t 10 ENTER" or some other number that you like if 10 isn't appropriate. That way if you do have a console, you can see the message, but if you don't then it will come up eventually.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "hlfs-dev" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:32 PM Subject: booot scripts > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > How cool is this on a headless server? The slightest error will hang > init. Shouldn't this be different for HLFS? > I comment out the "read ENTER". At least it boots and my watchdog will > reboot it a couple times if important daemons are really broken. > Don't we need out own startup scripts too? > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions > boot_mesg -n "If you're able to track this" > boot_mesg -n " error down to a bug in one of the files provided by" > boot_mesg -n " the LFS book, please be so kind to inform us at" > boot_mesg " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > boot_mesg_flush > boot_mesg -n "Press Enter to continue..." ${INFO} > boot_mesg "" ${NORMAL} > read ENTER > } > > - -- > Putting Microsoft in a computer is like putting screen doors in a > submarine. Hopeless. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHYFNRodd/GHZYnVQRAhw3AJ0Xx8FdYS6JtABDXk1wUBDJWr/FeACfWiOd > Hal+MK6V/cXJxhFCysYBNxw= > =ITU7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
