itreviews.blogspot.com — Have you ever wondered what really happens when you push the "ON" button on your computer and wait until you have to log into your operating system? Yes? Of course, yes. :) Well, here comes the answer.. check the article!
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ajforgueMay 14, 2006
"The init processIt's Linux's first process, and parent of all the other processes. This process is the first running process on any Linux/UNIX system, and is started directly by the kernel. It is what loads the rest of the system, and always has a PID of 0"init is PID 1, not 0.
chaosmachineMay 14, 2006
no, this story is actually self aware and has begun to digg itself..
tehmothMay 14, 2006
BSD variants aren't members of "most Unix-type operating systems using the System V init system." so they can't be exceptions.
cruocitaeMay 14, 2006Submitter
runlevel = execution levelboth can be used.
n0xieMay 14, 2006
... and it's blatant self advertisement for some guys stupid Blog. It's also most likely just a translation of another article considering the bad english that's used, and it contains numerous errors, which anyone who actually CARES what happens at start up would spot instantly.
shakeyshakeyMay 14, 2006
This Linux thing is getting tiresome
sholdowaMay 14, 2006
.. and what about the initrd mechanism, runlevels 7 and 8, ...? This article describes what you see ( and not too generically ), but doesn't *explain* much.
pixelbeat_Oct 2, 2006
I've got a very similar older article here:<a class="user" href="http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/disk/">http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/disk/</a>