Technology Trivia

[Dizaster]

I had never heard of it but had to look it up... I won't give away obviously so someone can take some reps.. but what I did see the only relating word I could think was obvious was a 6 letter word

[Memphis]

init 6 is another method for rebooting a system. Its different in a way that is far to boring and geeky for me to give a shit.

Hope this helps.

[Memphis]

Oh and I'll have a wild stab in the dark and say that admin can perform it.

Now wheres my prize?

[RP33]

it's the safe way to reboot a system.. i remember that from using a linux OS if i remember correctly.

[CGM]

reboot a linux box, yes. The four letter word is root, which is another word for admin.

Missy, yes, you could create an alias for this command so that typing amat=gay would reboot your system.

I was really smashed last night.


p.s. Diz, out of curiosity, what was the six letter word?

[brucelee]

I don't know the origin of the word init in linux but I think it comes from the word initiating or initiate. I am not familiar with unix but they have the same command.

Init 6 is to reboot the system. Init 0 is used to halt the system and init 1 is to get the system into single user mode. The three numbers are runlevels that are reserved.



Init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab.(init - Linux Command - Unix Command)

I have forgotten already many of the commands in linux but the Internet is really a good way to find help.

I started using redhat linux in 2003 when flash drives still needs to be configured to be detected by the system. That was very enjoyable then when only a few of us in the office could really operate a linux system. hehehe.

Linux is becoming too friendly so I've decided to use windows OS.

[CGM]

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Linux is becoming too friendly so I've decided to use windows OS.

LOL

yeah, I'm starting from scratch. So far it is strictly command line, no GUI. I went with Debian, which is a flavor of Linux. I needed something new to play with. This is my first try at Linux, so far it is easier than I thought it would be.

[brucelee]

reboot a linux box, yes. The four letter word is root, which is another word for admin.

Missy, yes, you could create an alias for this command so that typing amat=gay would reboot your system.

I was really smashed last night.


p.s. Diz, out of curiosity, what was the six letter word?

Are you starting your linux OS from scratch CGM? I have heard many geeks starting from scratch and they say it's better.