diff -urN conserver-8.1.16/contrib/redhat-rpm/conserver.init conserver-8.1.16-diffinit/contrib/redhat-rpm/conserver.init
--- conserver-8.1.16/contrib/redhat-rpm/conserver.init	2003-02-27 21:06:50.000000000 -0500
+++ conserver-8.1.16-diffinit/contrib/redhat-rpm/conserver.init	2008-06-26 11:14:38.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,15 +6,53 @@
 # description: conserver is a serial-port console daemon
 # config: /etc/conserver.cf
 #
+RHPassed()
+{
+    passed
+    echo
+}
+RHSuccess()
+{
+    success
+    echo
+}
+RHFailure()
+{
+    failure
+    echo
+}
+MStatus()
+{
+  ps ax|grep -v grep|grep conserver >& /dev/null
+  if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+    RVAL=0
+    echo "conserver is running"
+  else
+    RVAL=3
+    echo "consever is not running"
+  fi
+  return $RVAL
+}
 
-# Source function library.
-. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
-
-# Source networking configuration.
-. /etc/sysconfig/network
 
-# Check that networking is up.
-[  ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
+# Source function library.
+if [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then
+    . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+    DAEMON=daemon
+    SUCCESS=RHSuccess
+    FAILURE=RHFailure
+    PASSED=passed
+    STATUS=status
+elif [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
+    . /lib/lsb/init-functions
+    DAEMON=start_daemon
+    SUCCESS=log_success_msg
+    FAILURE=log_failure_msg
+    PASSED=log_warning_msg
+    STATUS=MStatus
+else
+    echo "Error, not RedHat and not lsb, do not know how to run this platform"
+fi
 
 # make sure conserver is installed and executable
 [ -x /usr/sbin/conserver  ] || exit 1
@@ -24,23 +62,44 @@
 case "$1" in
   start)
     echo -n "Starting conserver: "
-    daemon conserver -d
-    echo
+    $DAEMON /usr/sbin/conserver -o -O1 -d
     touch /var/lock/subsys/conserver
+    $STATUS conserver >& /dev/null
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+        $FAILURE
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    $SUCCESS
     ;;
   stop)
+    $STATUS conserver >& /dev/null
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+        echo -n "conserver not running, not stopping "
+        $PASSED
+        exit 1
+    fi
     echo -n "Shutting down conserver: "
     killproc conserver
-    echo
     rm -f /var/lock/subsys/conserver
+    $STATUS conserver >& /dev/null
+    if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
+        $FAILURE
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    $SUCCESS
     ;;
   status)
-    status conserver
+    $STATUS conserver
     ;;
   restart)
-    echo -n "Restarting conserver: "
-    killproc conserver -HUP
-    echo
+    $STATUS conserver >& /dev/null
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+        exec $0 start
+    else
+        echo -n "Restarting conserver: "
+        killproc conserver -HUP
+    fi
+    $SUCCESS
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Usage: conserver {start|stop|restart|status}"