"Kernel Panic: No init found" After Install

[Aaron Davies <agd12@columbia.edu>]

I've finished the basic install off the ramdisk, so I rebooted, turned off the ramdisk in the BootX dialog, and hit linux. Then I got "Kernerl Panic: no init found. Try passing init= to the kernel". What option do I need to use here?
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