Wouldn't it make sense to have the init 'make install' move an existing
	init if found?

		David/abs

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On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, Mike Long wrote:

> 
> >From: frank@fwi.uva.nl (Frank van der Linden)
> >Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:08:46 +0200 (MET DST)
> >
> >Quoting Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com,
> >> 	syncing disks... panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs
> >
> >This happens when you install a new /sbin/init (while the old one is 
> >still running -- this is kind of hard to avoid ;-)).
> 
> No it's not.  Just move the running init binary out of the way before
> you install the new one:
> 
> mv /sbin/init /sbin/init.old
> (make install)
> 
> I've been doing this for months, and I haven't gotten a single panic.
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