Hi, I have installed Mandrake 9.1 PPC on my blue-and-white Mac G3, but get the following error on boot: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to the kernel. I have no other operating systems installed, though I did format over os/x and had tried to install Yellow Dog unsuccessfully. It seems like lots of folks on message boards have had this problem, but I can't find a simple solution. What do I need to do to get Mandrake loading? Thanks.

I don't much about this problems but might be this will help you if you using GRUB as you loader you can use this command: (if you're not in grub command press c) grub > root (hd0,X) <ENTER> messg: hd0,2 means you have a first hard drive and partition number X (for example) it leads you to a place where you install your linux it's start with 0 (zero) -> hd0,0 ex : root (hd0,2) grub > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-X.X.XX ro boot=/dev/hda(X+1) <ENTER> you can use a TAB to have a complete result for /boot/vmlinuz <TAB> ex : grub > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22 ro root=/dev/hda3 <ENTER> grub > boot -------------- a complete example: grub > root (hd0,2) grub > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22 ro root=/dev/hda3 grub > boot -------------- If you use a correct parameter that's I mentioned above, perhaps it'll works regards Robin

Sorry, I forgot to mention I am using yaboot as the loader. It starts up fine and then gives me the boot: prompt, but after it loads the device drivers I get the kernal panic. It totally bewilders me that the installation program doesn't tell yaboot where the root is.

I have the same prob on my B&W G3