Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:45:48 -0600, Dale wrote: I have never seen or heard of a kernel blowing up a computer. If you can't do it, no one can :P -- Neil Bothwick Many husbands go broke on the money their wives save on sales. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-11 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:45:48 -0600, Dale wrote: I have never seen or heard of a kernel blowing up a computer. If you can't do it, no one can :P ROFL Very true. The only thing I thought of after hitting send was if a person has a laptop and they build a kernel that

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:41:59AM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 09.11.2012 19:46, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 07:12:09PM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 09.11.2012 18:47, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: Hi, everyone. I recently built a kernel 3.5.7, but my system doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Dale
Alan Mackenzie wrote: It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( Not really. It just takes practice. If you never build one, you will never get the practice. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:11:11 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( How do you think beginners become experienced users? The rule I stick too when creating a new kernel config is if you're not

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.11.2012 12:11, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: [...] It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( You've been on this list for more than four years and still consider yourself a beginner? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 05:56:02AM -0600, Dale wrote: Alan Mackenzie wrote: It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( Not really. It just takes practice. If you never build one, you will never get the practice. ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Bruce Hill
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 01:23:03PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: ;-) I've built quite a few in my time as a Gentoo user, and one or two when I was still using Debian. Configuring a kernel is more difficult than the available documentation might lead one to believe. There are many

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Dale
Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 05:56:02AM -0600, Dale wrote: Alan Mackenzie wrote: It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( Not really. It just takes practice. If you never build one, you will never

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-10 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:11:11 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: It would seem that configuring and building a kernel is an activity for experienced users, not beginners. ;-( How do you think beginners become experienced users? The rule I stick too when creating a new kernel

[gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-09 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, everyone. I recently built a kernel 3.5.7, but my system doesn't boot with it. More precisely, it appears not to be starting init, since the line containing INIT and version 2.88 is missing from my console display. The booting process did get as far as mounting my root partition RO. My

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-09 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 09.11.2012 18:47, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: Hi, everyone. I recently built a kernel 3.5.7, but my system doesn't boot with it. More precisely, it appears not to be starting init, since the line containing INIT and version 2.88 is missing from my console display. The booting process did

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started

2012-11-09 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 09.11.2012 19:46, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 07:12:09PM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 09.11.2012 18:47, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: Hi, everyone. I recently built a kernel 3.5.7, but my system doesn't boot with it. More precisely, it appears not to be starting init,