Documentation to Ubuntu Runlevels/Upstart

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On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 16:01 -0400, Fred Roller wrote: 
> > Can anyone point to documentation that explains the Ubunutu/Debian
> > runlevel, in depth?
> >
> 
> Fred, please do not hijack this thread. Either google it or start a
> new thread. Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Dotan Cohen
> 
> Again, apologies.  I, like Doten, was under the misimpression that
> ubuntu ran under the init run levels 0-6 and S.  As it turns out
> Ubuntu/Debian just pass arguements to init (as I am to understand) and
> upstart handles the old job of init.  Because of this Ubuntu only needs
> runlevels s,0,1,2,6.  I have unsucessfully found any technical
> explanation of this process.
> 
> I have man'd and info'd - init, telinit, & upstart.  Nothing real
> meaningful there.  And now that I have asked I can see where the subject
> would have hijacked the thread.  
> 
> So, if anyone can point me in a direction or two, Thanx.
> 

/usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.*
/usr/share/doc/upstart/README.*

http://wiki.debian.org/RunLevel
http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_introduction_to_run-levels
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch03.en.html#_stage_4_the_normal_debian_system

http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/125977
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReplacementInit

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