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  <title>Introduction</title>

  <para>This chapter discusses configuration files and boot scripts.
  First, the general configuration files needed to set up networking are
  presented.</para>

  <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-network" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-hosts" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>

  <para>Second, issues that affect the proper setup of devices are
  discussed.</para>

  <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-udev" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-symlinks" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>

  <para>The next sections detail how to install and configure the LFS system
  scripts needed during the boot process. Most of these scripts will work
  without modification, but a few require additional configuration files
  because they deal with hardware-dependent information.</para>

  <para>System-V style init scripts are employed in this book because they are
  widely used and relatively simple. For additional options, a hint detailing
  the BSD style init setup is available at <ulink
  url="&hints-root;bsd-init.txt"/>.  Searching the LFS mailing lists for
  <quote>depinit</quote>, <quote>upstart</quote>, or <quote>systemd</quote>
  will also offer additional information.</para>

  <para>If using an alternative style of init scripts, skip these sections.</para>

  <para>A listing of the boot scripts are found in <xref linkend="scripts"
  role="."/>.</para>


  <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-bootscripts" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-usage" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-hostname" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-setclock" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-console" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-sysklogd" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>


  <para>Finally, there is a brief introduction to the scripts and configuration
  files used when the user logs into the system.</para>

  <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-profile" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para><xref linkend="ch-scripts-inputrc" role="."/></para>
     </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>


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