Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #103

Mike Jagdis (jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 30 Jun 1995 23:33:44 GMT

> > Anyway, the problem is that people can't change their terminal
> > settings without recompiling the kernel. There should be a
> > configuration file, like /etc/initenv to specify initial settings,
> > like PATH, ARCH, TERM and so on. Most systems except linux are
> > doing just that.

It's /etc/initscript. My init uses it. But then I haven't put together
a new bootsys release for *years* since all the distributors seem to
like to make users edit boot up scripts :-). Maybe it's time again?

Mike

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