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This is the source for a version of /sbin/init that runs on 4.4
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BSD and BSD/386 1.0 systems. I wrote it for BSDI about two years
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ago and BSDI donated the source to UC Berkeley CSRG, but CSRG didn't
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get it working in time to include it with the Networking 2 release,
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although we had hoped it would appear there. Since that time both
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BSDI and CSRG have worked on it to make it more useful and reliable,
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and recently the two groups have merged our efforts and produced
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a common version once more. Since the source is freely redistributable
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under the terms of the standard BSD copyright, I'm posting it to
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the net on behalf of BSDI so other folks might get some use from
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it. Keep in mind that I'm only paid to support this code if you
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bought a system from BSDI, so I probably won't be able to make very
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timely responses to random bug reports, but I am interested in
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seeing them. (More formally: Neither BSDI nor I personally will
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make any guarantees about the reliability or usefulness of this
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code, and it's unsupported unless you have a support agreement.)
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I also make no promises that this code will just drop in and work
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on any particular system. Please don't call me at home to tell me
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that you compiled and installed init, and now your system won't
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boot. With a program as sensitive as init, you should always be
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prepared to fall back to an earlier working version if the new one
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fails. ALWAYS save your old version before installing, and ALWAYS
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be prepared to boot from an alternate root (e.g. a floppy) if the
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new init fails. I strongly advise you to read the man page carefully
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before you install. One advance warning: I don't think anyone has
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ever tested the window system start-up code. One of these days...
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This code is running on my systems at home, and an earlier version
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is running on hundreds of BSDI systems, so it can't be too broken.
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Enjoy,
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Donn Seeley
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Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (Salt Lake City)
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June 14, 1993
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