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From: bguthy@engin.umich.edu (bala s guthy )
Subject: Boot time message on a SparcStation
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Reply-To: bguthy@engin.umich.edu (bala s guthy )
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 03:10:09 GMT

Hello,
     I am curious about a message that appears at boot time
on a Sun SparcStation.

WARNING: some processes hung (won't die); ps axl advised

What does this mean?? who can a process be active when there
is no OS-kernel active ?? 

Thank you for your consideration.

Bala Guthy