Quote Originally Posted by stevlev
both - won't get past "kernal panic - not syncing, attempted to kill init!"
So you never get to the "stage one" shell prompt?

If you are getting the kernel panic even with failsafe, then my guess would be that there is some kind of issue with the CDR. Verify that the ISO you downloaded is good by using md5sum, and then burn a new CD, slowly (<8x).

Good luck and let us know how things go.

Regards,
- Robert
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