In this chapter we will install the bootscripts and set them up properly. Most of these scripts will work without needing to modify them, but a few require additional configuration files, since they deal with hardware dependent information.

We have chosen to use System-V style init scripts simply because they are widely used and we feel comfortable with them. If you would prefer to try something else: Marc Heerdink has written a hint about BSD style init scripts, to be found at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/bsd-init.txt. And if you'd like something more radical, search the LFS mailing lists for “depinit”.

If you decide to use some other style of init scripts, you can skip this chapter and move on to Chapter 8.