--On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:32 AM -0500 Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote: > http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/ > Migration_Planning_Guide/index.html > > 4.2 Service Initialization -> > > "In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, *init* from the sysvinit package has been > replaced with *Upstart*, an event-based init system. This system handles > the starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during > shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. For more > information on Upstart itself, refer to the init(8) man page." For those wanting to get their head around Upstart, start here: <http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/>