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6 Reboot the system. Never set the default runlevel to 6.

q, Q

Reread /etc/inittab.

Check the /etc/inittab file for runlevels on your system.

insmod

insmod filename [module-options]

System administration command. Load the module filename into

the kernel. Simpler but less flexible than the modprobe command.

Error messages from insmod may be vague, because the kernel

performs module operations internally and therefore sends error

information to the kernel log instead of standard output; see

dmesg.

install

install [options] [source] destination

System administration command. Used primarily in Makefilesto

update files. install copies files into user-specified directories.

Similar to cp, but attempts to set permission modes, owner, and

group. The source may be a file or directory, or a list of files and

directories. The destination should be a single file or directory.

Options

-b, --backup[=control]

Back up any existing files. When using the long version of the

command, the optional control parameter controls the kind of

backup. When no control is specified, install will attempt to

read the control value from the VERSION_CONTROL envi-

ronment variable. Accepted values are:

none, off

Never make backups.

numbered, t

Make numbered backups.

existing, nil

Match existing backups, numbered ...