Kernel panic No init found

["R. Earl Warren" <poncho@ewol.com>]

Good Morning -

	We are befuddled and hope someone might be able to give us some direction.

	We are unable to now boot, having some months ago successfully installed 
GNU/Linux Woody Ver. 3.0r2.  We have installed successfully a number of 
programs using the apt utilities, including networking, apache, mozilla, 
and samba.  The last program we were working with was WordPerfect 8 for 
Linux in late February.  Since then we have been unable to boot and instead 
get the error message "Kernel panic:  No init found."

	Since then we have been working with our rescue floppy disks and with our 
CD disks [debian GNU/Linux i386 - 'Woody' 3.0r2], which we had purchased 
from www.AboutDebian.com.  However, during this past month we have been 
unable to boot from our CDROM.  The drive is connected by both the power & 
data cables and appears to operate properly when the unit is powered-up 
[the green light flashes].

	We are operating the following:

	VA Linux 2230 P3 2U FullOn 2x2 3x9G SCSI 650 MHz Server
	IDE ATAPI CD-540E 40X 128 kb cache

	We have searched Google & other sites for assistance but to no avail.

	Can someone give us some direction on this!  Thank you.

	<<  Earl Warren  >>

R. Earl Warren, P.A.
359 W. Dearborn Street
Englewood, FL 34223
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