Startup & System Settings | GoboLinux Documentation

Configuring the Boot Process

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This page describes the boot process and how to configure your GoboLinux system by editing the configuration files used for startup. General architecture The BootDriver script (/Programs/BootScript//bin/BootDriver) manages boot-related tasks. The init program (from the Sysvinit package) running as PID 1 calls BootDriver as specified in /System/Settings/inittab. BootDriver first loads the boot theme file specified in /System/Settings/BootOptions. Then BootDriver runs the appropriate boot script for the task at hand (startup, shutdown, etc.)

Boot Script Tasks

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Your boot scripts can make use of “boot tasks”, which are little service scripts that can be shipped by programs. A program includes its tasks under Resources/Tasks, and they’re linked in /System/Tasks. This is roughly equivalent to the /etc/init.d scripts found in many distributions. You can launch or stop tasks from the command line, using StartTask and StopTask. For example, the following command will load the SSH daemon: StartTask OpenSSH Within boot scripts, you don’t need to use these launchers, but you have to add a parameter indicating whether the task is being started or stopped:

Boot Themes

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

GoboLinux is flexible enough to offer you a choice of themes to control how your GoboLinux looks when starting up. You can select a theme by setting BootTheme= in /System/Settings/BootOptions. Available themes include: CheckList - Shows tasks and others that depend on them, then checks them off. Hat - A Red-Hat look-alike: lots of colored [ OK ]s and [FAILED]s are echoed as things are initialized. Progress, Progress-II, or Progress-III - Fancy themes that stress your terminal with tons of escape codes. Quotes - Prints short random quotes to indicate success or failure of every initialized item. Slack - This theme is inspired by the feel of old-school Slackware boots: no distracting messages, no colors, no special effects. Check /Programs/BootScripts/Current/Themes/ to see all the available themes.