Document that the kernel may try several paths for init.

XXX: This should be in the kernel documentation, not in the init(8) man page.
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.\" $NetBSD: init.8,v 1.57 2009/05/18 14:17:31 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: init.8,v 1.58 2013/10/02 22:01:47 apb Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
.\" @(#)init.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/26/95
.\"
.Dd November 10, 2008
.Dd October 2, 2013
.Dt INIT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is the last stage of the boot process (after the kernel loads
and initializes all the devices).
program is the last stage of the boot process.
It normally begins multi-user operation.
.Pp
.Nm
is executed automatically by the kernel,
after the kernel has initialised all devices
and mounted the root file system.
The kernel may try multiple possible paths for
.Nm ,
including
.Pa /sbin/init ,
.Pa /sbin/oinit ,
.Pa /sbin/init.bak ,
and
.Pa /rescue/init .
.Pp
The following table describes the state machine used by
.Nm :
.Bl -enum