source: clfs-embedded/BOOK/bootscripts/common/inittab.xml@ 04997ab

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<sect1 id="ch-scripts-inittab">
  <?dbhtml filename="inittab.html"?>

  <title>Creating /etc/inittab</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-inittab">
    <primary sortas="a-inittab">inittab</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>Is the file that specifices how to boot and shutdown a system.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2>
    <title>Create /etc/inittab</title>

<para os="a">Now we will create the inittab file for use with our system:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>cat &gt; ${CLFS}/etc/inittab&lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># /etc/inittab

::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/startup

tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
tty2::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
tty3::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
tty4::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
tty5::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
tty6::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

# Put a getty on the serial line (for a terminal)
# uncomment this line if your using a serial console
#::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100

::shutdown:/etc/rc.d/shutdown
::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

</sect1>