The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of your system. &buildtime; &sysvinit-time; &diskspace; &sysvinit-compsize; &aa-sysvinit-down; &aa-sysvinit-dep;   When runlevels are changed (for example, when halting the system), init sends termination signals to those processes that it itself started and that shouldn't be running in the new runlevel. While doing this, init outputs messages like "Sending processes the TERM signal" which seem to imply that it is sending these signals to all currently running processes. To avoid this misinterpretation, you can modify the source so that these messages read like "Sending processes started by init the TERM signal" instead: cp src/init.c{,.backup} sed 's/Sending processes/& started by init/g' \     src/init.c.backup > src/init.c Compile Sysvinit: make -C src And install it: make -C src install   Create a new /etc/inittab file by running the following: cat > /etc/inittab << "EOF" # Begin /etc/inittab id:3:initdefault: si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc sysinit l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 0 l1:S1:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 1 l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 2 l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 3 l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 4 l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 5 l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 6 ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now su:S016:once:/sbin/sulogin 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty1 9600 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty2 9600 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty3 9600 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty4 9600 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty5 9600 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty6 9600 # End /etc/inittab EOF &aa-sysvinit-shortdesc; &aa-sysvinit-desc;