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Under Debian Linux ( and most other distros) startup files are stored in /etc/init.d/ directory and symbolic linked between /etc/rcX.d/ directory exists. Debian Linux (Red Hat/ Fedora) uses System V initialization scripts to start services at boot time from /etc/rcX.d/ directory. Debian Linux comes with different utilities to remove unwanted startup file:
(A) rcconf
It [...]

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Here are some interesting facts about running Linux kernel. Following information is quite useful if you are planning to compile your own custom kernel
But where is my kernel stored?
Your compiled kernel is always installed in /boot directory:
Here is listing of all installed kernel in my system (filename -> description)
$ ls -l /boot/

config-2.6.12-1-386 –> [...]

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