(FC3) Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

when it rains it pours. now my laptop is messed up.

during an update (up2date) i got a message about rpm failed.
the computer did not respond to anything. could not restart gracefully.
Could not get an alternate console. powered down.
upon reboot (any of the grub kernels i choose) i get:

Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
Mounted /proc filesystem
creating /dev
starting udev
Loading jbd.ko module
loading ext3.ko module
Creating root device
Mounting root filesystem
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Switching to new root
exec of init (/sbin/init) failed !!!: 2
umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

in the past when i got kernel panics i just reinstalled. do i have to do
that again?

mike hoy
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