Ubuntu – Kernel panic – not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

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i'm trying to perform the load command on a clean machine- the process sterted and stuck on this line : Kernel panic- not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
what can be the reason?

Best Answer

Are you trying to do a clean install of Ubuntu from CD onto a physical PC? Do you see any errors that occur leading up to this message?

In any case, that kernel panic message could be caused by a lot of different things. Often it's hardware related. I'd suggest running a memory test: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MemoryTest. You may have bad RAM or just need to reseat it.