chec kthis out

[STEELERGLENN]

I am at the moment having issues with installing Ubuntu Linux OS. I have been able to install but not boot it up. I am getting a message that says "Kernel panic - not syncing - killing init! I purchased the Ubuntu CD at Best Buy. CD is free from defects and memory test came back OK. I am trying to figure this out because it is holding my Marketing company back.

At the same time I have come to know that Linux is a bit of a pain. I am also looking to have a company on hold to help have less down time. I have lost 4 days of work already and can't have this happen again.


my buddy sent me this

 

[netrick]

I know this is not much immediate help, but you might want to look at this link. Hopefully it will be of some help in your investigation of this problem.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/explained-kernel-panic-not-syncing-attempted-to-kill-init-353920/?

When you see this message, it's almost always at boot-time, and the real messages ... the cause of the actual failure ... will be found in the startup messages immediately preceding this one. This is often the case with kernel-panics. init encountered something "really bad," and it didn't know what to do, so it died, so the kernel died too.