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Date:      Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:11:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      kwoody@abalone.citytel.net
To:        Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Oops, killed init
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.980622150739.10293A-100000@abalone.citytel.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980622150335.9597b-100000@voyager.dreamhaven.net>

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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Bryce Newall wrote:

> 
> It will be in a state of confusion. :)  Seriously, though, killing init
> basically brings your machine to a halt, since init is the master process.
> You'll probably have to hard-reset your machine when you get home, since
> init itself is what processes ctrl-alt-del, and since init isn't
> running... 

I was pretty sure that was all it did as I grabbed a few books off the
shelf here and did a bit of reading on the subject. I thought that the
machine might reboot instead...ah well live and learn.

Thanks.
Keith


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