linux boot sequence

1. inittab - system boot based on setting on this file. The default level is 3.
Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:3:initdefault:

# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6

# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes
# of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now.
# This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your
# UPS connected and working correctly.
pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"

# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.
pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled"


# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
2. Run rc.sysinit
#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit - run once at boot time
#
# Taken in part from Miquel van Smoorenburg's bcheckrc.
#

HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
HOSTTYPE=`uname -m`
unamer=`uname -r`

set -m

if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/network
fi
if [ -z "$HOSTNAME" -o "$HOSTNAME" = "(none)" ]; then
HOSTNAME=localhost
fi

if [ ! -e /proc/mounts ]; then
mount -n -t proc /proc /proc
mount -n -t sysfs /sys /sys >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
if [ ! -d /proc/bus/usb ]; then
modprobe usbcore >/dev/null 2>&1 && mount -n -t usbfs /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
else
mount -n -t usbfs /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
fi

. /etc/init.d/functions

# Check SELinux status
selinuxfs="$(fstab_decode_str `LC_ALL=C awk '/ selinuxfs / { print $2 }' /proc/mounts`)"
SELINUX_STATE=
if [ -n "$selinuxfs" ] && [ "`cat /proc/self/attr/current`" != "kernel" ]; then
if [ -r "$selinuxfs/enforce" ] ; then
SELINUX_STATE=`cat "$selinuxfs/enforce"`
else
# assume enforcing if you can't read it
SELINUX_STATE=1
fi
fi

if [ -n "$SELINUX_STATE" -a -x /sbin/restorecon ] && __fgrep " /dev " /proc/mounts >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
/sbin/restorecon -R /dev 2>/dev/null
fi
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4. /etc/modprobe.conf ---alias result scan from hardware probe
alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix
alias scsi_hostadapter2 usb-storage
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
alias eth0 e100
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
alias wlan0 rt2500