I didn't get a reboot loop, back when I tried it, but there was some wierd behavior, so I quit it...

You know, the busybox in the initfs (where space is tight) has colorized ls. The one on the rootfs doesn't. Nokia, Nokia, Nokia...

(Oh, and for the record, since xmessage was discussed; we've got gxmessage now, too. It's compatible, but with extensions and gtk+.)