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From: osynw@terra2.oscs.montana.edu (Nathan Williams)
Subject: Re: 386BSD - multiple /sbin/init's in process list, solution ?
Message-ID: <1992Sep17.210029.4170@coe.montana.edu>
Keywords: 386BSD /sbin/initn
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Organization: Montana State University
References: <1578@hcshh.hcs.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1992 21:00:29 GMT
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In article <1578@hcshh.hcs.de> hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) writes:
>i (re-) tried to install the /sbin/init program from the original 0.1
>distribution in various patched levels.
>
>all types of init's showed multiples of itself (ca. 10..15) in the 
>process list, constantly killing (disappearing) init's from lower pid's
>and forking new ones with higher pid's.
>
>so i have constantly 10-15 init's running, with constantly incementing
>process id's (and an increased "background load" ...)
>
>everything else is fine, multi- and single user mode works and /etc/rc
>is properly executed.
>
>has someone an idea why, and has this problem already been solved ?
>

Hmm, I just checked (logged in from my 386BSD box), and I only
have 1 init using ps.  However, my load is running around .3 -> .4
with only kermit and screen running, so maybe I am not seeing them.

I have most of the init patches installed, so *I* don't think it's
related to init.


Nate


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