%general-entities; ]> /etc/inittab Is the file that specifices how to boot and shutdown a system. Now we will create the inittab file for use with our system, please note that if you'd like a login prompt on a serial console to uncomment enabling of this and verify the serial port device name as many embedded boards have serial ports which are not named 'ttyS': cat > ${CLFS}/targetfs/etc/inittab<< "EOF" # /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 EOF