Kernel panic: No init found 1733

On Thursday 29 June 2006 15:21, Timothy Murphy stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.misc...:

We seem to be having a communication problem. However, I know I for one communicated properly - the evidence is there for all to see - so the problem must lie at your end of the connection... :-

I *know* that I was right in regards to *Mandrake-Mandriva.* I did *not* say that I was right about Fedora Core or RedHat, but what I did say was that I *buttumed* that RedHat and Fedora Core still used the *-initrd* directory for thepivotroot,since Mandrake-Mandriva started life as a RedHat spin-off and adopted all of RedHat'sinitsystem almost verbatim.

Besides, the way you spell out that question suggests to the innocent reader that you and I were involved in a debate in which I refuse to admit that I'm wrong. Both of these conditions are void, since I was not in a debate with *you* and I have not refused to admit to anything.

On the contrary, in my book the following statement from me - which you conveniently snipped away - clearly spells out that I *buttumed* and therefore that I was obviously wrong about the RedHat-FC-specific boot sequence as it currently exists.

This is what you "forgot" to quote from my previous post...:

In addition, that which you did quote from what I was saying in my previous post on this thread - i.e. the first paragraph of this post - and which you commented on has *nothing* *whatsoever* to do with being either right or wrong, but all the more with a disambiguation of my usage of slashes with certain words in all of my posts.

the one you have now replied to - was directed seemed to have problems understanding what I meant earlier when speaking of my chosen text attributes.

Good for you. I do have an *-initrd* directory, and as you could see from the shell snipped I pasted in my other post, it is required on boot *if* I were to boot the stock Mandrake kernel - which I don't.

I also know that it is required at boot when I use the stock Mandrake kernel, not only because the file in that directory says so but because I had removed the directory myself at one stage - since it doesn't show up in the FHS anywhere, and I like my system to adhere to that standard - and it resulted in a kernel panic on boot.

I compile my own fromvanillasources and they don't require aninitrdorinitramfs.

The only thing notable from your follow-up to my previous post and the way you came in out of the blue with an immediatead-hominemstatement - which was already false to boot - is that you're deliberately trying to start a flamewar or something.

I realize that I may not be the easiest person in the world to understand - I do after all have Asperger's Syndrome and I actually even say so on almost every occasion where obvious misunderstandings (could) happen - but if and when it comes down to a flamewar, I only go as far as two levels deep.

In other words, if a flamewar is what you're after, you'll get a first reply from me, and possibly a second one. That's because Aspergians are socially naive and perfectionist, and because I myself happen to be a very patient person.

If however the flamewar continues after those two replies, I'll simply either leave the thread for what it is or Iplonkthe offender - it depends on whom it is. Given that I don't even recognize your name, you're obviously not one of the people I consider regular posters on this group.

And even if you were, considering the high noise-to-signal ratio on this group versus the other groups I'm subscribed to, this group is far less important to me. In other words, thekillfilewould be a viable option.

Life is too short to be wasted on ego games. For future reference, please cease putting words into my mouth or attributing me with characteristics I do not possess.

P.S.: Yes, I know I'm overly buttertive today. I have noticed this myself earlier on when dealing with a few things and people who also felt the need to unjustly attack me.

It's related to the fact that I've been without cigarettes for longer than I could bear - I'm a heavy smoker - and thusly it is most likely some kind ofde-toxphenomenon.

On the other hand, it does not diminish the validness of what I wrote by any means. It only explains for the tone.

Have a nice day, Sir!

-- With kind regards,

*Aragorn* (Registered GNU-Linux user #223157)