Re: [suse-amd64] 64bit CD Install: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Mark A. Garcia wrote:

I have successfully installed and rebooted the server. It boots with mem=4000M in the menu.lst config. But when I change it to mem=8000M and reboot it hangs with a blank screen. No kernel panic and no output.

This sounds like the same problem I had. If you haven't already, do a kernel upgrade via yast. This fixed it for me and I was able to boot up with all 8GB of ram afterwards. Mark