Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:16:00 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: kwoody@citytel.net Cc: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oops, killed init Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980623011502.25148B-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980622150739.10293A-100000@abalone.citytel.net>
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I made the same mistake on our shell machine once (Ooops! Root's the big stick!) and it rebooted. I'll put my money on reboot rather than halt... Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 kwoody@abalone.citytel.net wrote: > > > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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