kernel panic. Help!

Trynig to boot server off of disk with bootdisk. Receiving error message:
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. What
options is it looking for? Thank you in advance for your help.

Pat Spatola
Unix Administrator
Berkley Technology Services
302-439-2006
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