man init

[Leo Baltus <Leo_(_dot_)_Baltus_(_at_)_verhip_(_dot_)_com>]

Helllo,

I am trying to figure out why my system (3.7) comes up in single user 
mode, so I am working my way through the man pages.

man init:

  The init program is the last stage of the boot process.  It
  normally runs the automatic reboot sequence as described in 
  reboot(8), and if this succeeds, begins multi-user operation. 
  If the reboot scripts fail, init commences single-user operation 
  by giving the superuser a shell on the console. 

Could somebody explain to me why init is calling reboot and how reboot
can succeed without actually rebooting the system?

-- 
Leo Baltus
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