More on broken Linux

[Glenn at home]

    I was able to spit out the last line of text where it is frozen, and I 
think it reads:
Kernel panic: Attempt to kill init!
I am not sure, but that is what it seems to be, as not letters are read as I 
move through letter by letter, I can only pick up bits and pieces of the 
messages on the screen, but this is the bottom message.
Anyone know what this might mean?
Thanks