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How This Tip Works
If you get a message that tells you (in several
languages) that "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the
Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button," you
just got what is called a kernel panic. It is Mac OS X's equivalent of
a system crash. As the message states, you need to restart. New in
Jaguar, after a kernel panic occurs, details of what happened are
recorded in the panic.log file in /Library/Logs. In general, the
contents of this log file will only be intelligible to developers,
helping them to debug the cause of the panic. However, if you are
technically-inclined, check out this Apple document which explains
what the log text means:
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2063.html.
Mac OS X Disaster Relief, Updated Edition
copyright 2003 by Ted Landau, published by Peachpit Press. Used with
the permission of Pearson Education and Peachpit Press. To purchase
this book, visit
http://www.peachpit.com
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