source: clfs-embedded/BOOK/bootscripts/common/inittab.xml@ adfc846

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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="e-/etc/inittab">/etc/inittab</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

  <para os="a">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':</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>cat &gt; ${CLFS}/targetfs/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
# you're using a serial console on ttyS0, or uncomment and adjust it if using a
# serial console on a different serial port.
#::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100

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

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