the "^C" being printed is from something getting a SIGINT..  init is 
running. 

isildur

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Blaz Zupan wrote:

> Yep, just like that, without anything being printed. Except the "^C", which
> suggests I pressed control C, which I did not. The same thing happens when I'm
> at the physical or the serial console. While using the serial console I tried
> both with the keyboard plugged in and without.