Re: debian-0.90: a few comments

[freako@silicon.pixar.com (Every System Needs a Freak)]

> 7.  There are a couple of other minor problems.  I see the message
> `init: unknown option ro' while booting.  What's the problem with
> init?  I think the syslogd is also broken.  I get messages like
> 
> `syslogd: loose cannon' (?!)
> 
> and then:
> 
> `syslogd: last message repeated 24345767 times'
> 
> in /var/adm/messages.

I get the syslogd: loose cannon message also.
CPU time gets sucked up big time when this happens.

also, the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root file has a commenting 
error: the whatis database is updated on MONDAY mornings not sunday
mornings. this is relatively minor. I was just rather surprised to 
see my cpu thrashing away during a time I thought nothing was scheduled.

mbt@dartmouth.edu
(or my dedicated debian account, freako@silicon.dartmouth.edu)