<dl>
-<dt>$local_fs
-<dd>all local file systems are mounted.
+<dt>$local_fs
+<dd>all local file systems are mounted. (In Debian, / and /var/ is available)
-<dt>$network
+<dt>$network
<dd>basic networking support is available. Example: a server program
-could listen on a socket.
+could listen on a socket. (In Debian, network interfaces are up)
-<dt>$portmap
+<dt>$portmap
<dd>daemons providing SunRPC/ONCRPC portmapping service as defined in
RFC 1833: Binding Protocols for ONC RPC Version 2 (if present) are
running.
-<dt>$remote_fs
-<dd>all remote file systems are available. In some configurations, file
-systems such as /usr may be remote. Many applications that require
-$local_fs will probably also require $remote_fs.
+<dt>$remote_fs
+<dd>all remote file systems are available. In some configurations,
+file systems such as /usr may be remote. Many applications that
+require $local_fs will probably also require $remote_fs. (In Debian,
+/usr/ and NFS directories are guaranteed to be mounted)
-<dt>$time
+<dt>$time
<dd>the system time has been set, for example by using a network-based
time program such as ntp or rdate, or via the hardware Real Time
Clock.
-<dt>$syslog
+<dt>$syslog
<dd>system logger is operational.
-<dt>$named
+<dt>$named
<dd>IP name-to-address translation, using the interfaces described in
this specification, are available to the level the system normally
provides them. Example: if a DNS query daemon normally provides this