Please Help!! - "Kernel Panic - Attempted to kill init!"

[Chris Hewitt]

Rick Stevens wrote:

> Steve Kasian wrote:
>
>>
>> As far as the components are concerned, everything is working 
>> properly. I run Win98SE and WinXP on the same machine (multiple HDDs) 
>> and it's the
>> smoothest running and most flawless box I've ever used. That's one
>> reason why I'm so blown away by this.
>
>
> Still test the memory.  I've seen bad RAM run on Windows a lot, but
> flat won't work with Linux.  Weird, but true.  Kernel panics at install

Steve,

I had a Athlon computer I used heavily for a year with Win NT where 
linux simply would not load. I did not believe the RAM theory either. 
Finally (in desperation) I ran memtest86, removed the bad RAM and linux 
has run flawlessly since. That was a year wasted.

It may not be your problem, but I agree it is certainly worth trying 
given the symptoms you have told us.

HTH
Chris