I too had YDL 3.0.1 installed before I installed Ubuntu. The Ubuntu install
disk partition manager forced me to reformat the old YDL swap space
partition and the old YDL '/' partition. It appears that might be required
even though you'd think file systems would be the same. Maybe it doesn't
erase the old YDL files and just overwrites them. I could that causing all
kinds of problems. But that's only a guess to what is happening to you.

Regards,
Jon

"fudo" wrote in message
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> Just tried the Ubuntu release on a B&W G3, 300/320RAM/6gig Maxtor IDE. I
> just took defaults; when it reboots, I get the following:
>
> pivot-root: No such file or directory
> /sbin/init: cannot open dev/console: No such file
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init
>
> Tried a second time, messed around a little with the partition manager,
> same result. A guess as to the problem: a note in the partion manager
> help says something about not being able to write over a partition that
> already has a Linux file system; this box had YDL 3.0.1 on it already.
> But even though it says you can't do it, it just goes goes ahead and
> tries if you say yes. My next step is to wipe the disc with a Mac
> install cd, and try again, unless anyone has another suggestion.
>
> Meanwhile, successfully booted and into the second phase of install on a
> Lombard Powerbook...
>
> --
> Fudo
> DAM, IJAL

fudo (fudo@spamblocked.invalid) wrote on Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:47:36 -0700:
> Just tried the Ubuntu release on a B&W G3, 300/320RAM/6gig Maxtor IDE. I
> just took defaults; when it reboots, I get the following:
>
> pivot-root: No such file or directory
> /sbin/init: cannot open dev/console: No such file
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init

IIRC there are several people who reported something like this. Have you
checked whether your install CD is okay with md5sum?

It might also be worth searching http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/

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Michel Klijmij wrote:

>
> IIRC there are several people who reported something like this. Have you
> checked whether your install CD is okay with md5sum?
>
> It might also be worth searching http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/

I haven't checked the install disk, but that's not the problem. As I
said in my original post, installation on my Powerbook had already
gotten past that point without a problem. There are others, as you say.
who have had the same problem; I found mention of it on the Ubuntu
mailing list. The issue seems to be a problem in Debian, not just
Ubuntu, but the discussion and proposed fixes were far too echnical for
me to follow. So I'm stuck on that B&W for now, it seems.

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Fudo
DAM, IJAL