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Finit is a reimplementation of the Eeepc "fastinit" program based on its
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system calls with gaps filled with frog DNA.
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Finit's purpose is to build upon the general workings of fastinit and
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improve/optimize it for Xandros or alternative distributions running on
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the Eeepc. Finit comes in three flavors: finit is a replica of the Asus
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fastinit, finit-mod is an improved drop-in replacement for fastinit,
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and finit-alt is a generic replacement for other systems. Finit-mod
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and finit-alt were much improved with patches from Metalshark.
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See more information at http://helllabs.org/finit/
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Usage scenarios
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1. Replace the original Eeepc 702 fastinit (finit-mod)
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2. Allow fast booting in alternative Linux distributions running on the
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Eeepc and other netbooks (finit-alt)
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Finit-alt is distribution-specific. Currently it generates a finit-mdv
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executable for Mandriva 2008/2008.1 systems. Smurfy ported it to
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eeeXubuntu, and parts of his port have been merged to finit-alt.
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Finit-alt features
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Finit-alt reads configuration information from /etc/finit.conf. See
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the source code for available options.
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Rebooting and halting
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Finit handles SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 for reboot and halt, and listens to
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/dev/initctl so standard Linux reboot and halt commands should also
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work.
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Debugging
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Add finit_debug to the kernel parameter line to enable trace messages
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and to run a shell after the X server.
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