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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: hacknews
Subject: new init(8)
Message-ID: <4733@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 19:08:24 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 19:08:24 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 5-Dec-84 19:08:24 EST
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Installed a new init(8), which is smart enough to tell /etc/rc how many
times it has been run before.  This means that /etc/rc can tell the
difference between a coldstart (count == 0) and a warmstart (count > 0).
Several items in /etc/rc are now conditional on which kind of startup it
is; in particular, /etc/rc doesn't bother asking for the time if it's a
warmstart.  The 44 cpu clock is just as accurate as the 60-Hz wall clock
we set it from, and it continues to run during backups and other single-
user activity, so it's pointless to re-set it every time.  It will still
ask to be set after coldstarts, but they're much less frequent.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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