Hi,
I'm getting this message when I try to start Linux. I have installed the package several times, in both desktop and minimal forms. I have tried turning off probe (it probed anyway), selecting generic and specific video drivers and both the GRUB and LILO booters. (LILO just gave me a strin of "L"s down the LHS of the screen).

Any ideas?
Peter

Peter,

Did you receive a reply? I'm having the same problem.

Thanks.

I had the same problem. A brand new server. I spent a weekend reading everything about "kernel panic: attempted to kill init!" I read well over 100 posts. I used my CDs to successfully install RH9 on a stupid Win98 Packard Bell machine. I made various GRUB changes on my server, messed with Linux Rescue, and rebooted constantly. By Monday morning, I thought my name was Kernel Panic.

You'll have no definitive answers on this, because there aren't any out there. You can recompile your kernel if it makes you feel good. But it comes down to this: Red Hat 9, as distributed, is old. Your fancy new motherboard, she can't handle it.

I went out and got Fedora Core 3. Installed it, and the thing booted right up. Do this, and you may find the happiness that I found.

HTH,
Jason "Kernel Panic" Justian