  Welcome to askrunlevel and Linuxconf
  Introduction


  1.  Purpose


  Linux can be used for many different tasks. It can be a server (file
  server, application server, database server, Internet gateway, etc.)
  or a workstation running desktop packages (word processor,
  spreadsheet, graphics, etc.). It can even be an X terminal (graphics
  terminal displaying windows of programs running on an application
  server).

  Askrunlevel allows you to pick the operation mode right at boot time.
  Generally, you will have a default operation mode and a timeout
  allowing your computer to boot and start normal operation without user
  intervention. This is especially useful for servers.



  2.  Tasks


  You must pick the proper configuration mode out of a list.
  Principally, you select between a graphical mode or text mode and
  networked or stand alone.  At the end of the list, you have the
  maintenance mode. Pick this one to get a bare bone shell. This is
  recommended mostly to intercept the boot process of a broken (badly
  misconfigured) machine.

  To do core maintenance on a server, pick the option text-only, without
  network.


  3.  Configuration

  One great feature of askrunlevel is its ability to switch to
  configuration mode, opening the full power of Linuxconf even before
  the boot process is finished. This should eliminate those reboot steps
  generally required when upgrading a machine (you boot once, witness
  all kinds of meaningful error message, fix the configuration, and
  reboot, this time getting the proper setup).























