Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 23:30:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Keith Woodworth <kwoody@citytel.net> To: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oops, killed init Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980622232436.16435A-100000@mybsd.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: > > a big deal but I wont know what happedned to the machine till I get home > > in about 5 hours but want some idea on what state the machine might be in > > 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... A follow-up here...got home and the console said enter path to sh or hit return for sh: Hit return and I'm at a sh prompt. So I diddle about a bit, everything is still mounted and running, init is still going with about 5 other process's but thats about it so it dropped to single user I guess. Do a quick man init and find that a ^D will start everything up again. Sure enough it does and I'm right back to where I was. Current up time is over 30 days for this machine and really didnt want to reboot. Keith To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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