 Kernel Panic??!!, My G4 tower won't restart all the way! |
  Wed 11 Jun 2003, 17:01
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Hello good people,
I have a G4 tower, 512MB RAM, 800 MHz processor, OS X 10.2.4, 40 gigs harddrive. I think it may be "kernel panic" which I read about in previous posts with similar error messages. Halfway thru restarting I get a "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power Button for several seconds or press the restart button", with what non-english alphabets at the bottom. Again and again I try and get the same message. I have a MOTU Fastlane Midi USB interface and a firewire cable for a camcorder connected to my machine(camcorder is unplugged from cable). I don't know where or how to begin to resolve this problem as I can not even get the machine started. I would appreciate some advice to nudge me in the right direction without risking the loss of data on my harddrive. Thanks in advance. 
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 Fri 13 Jun 2003, 03:59
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 Moderator In Chief (MIC)  Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
macintarian, the switch would have allowed you to tell the installer where to find a different drive/partition to install OSX on.
If you have only this drive, it would have been of no use.  If you have ANOTHER drive, install OSX on this different drive then do the stuff Soif the webmaster told you. If you don't, follow either the first recommendations of Soif, or the weaze1's. keep us informed so that we can help you in case. 
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macintarian Kernel Panic??!! Wed 11 Jun 2003, 17:01
Soif except if you're used to unix, i would suggest... Wed 11 Jun 2003, 21:56 TheWeaze1 Turn the computer off, then on. Hold down shift r... Thu 12 Jun 2003, 11:26 macintarian Thanks a lot Webmaster and TheWeaze1, I will try y... Thu 12 Jun 2003, 14:50 macintarian Thanks lepetitmartien,
On trying to install Mac O... Fri 13 Jun 2003, 05:39 TheWeaze1 omg, don't erase anything. Did you try those ... Fri 13 Jun 2003, 09:24 macintarian Well, I did not check the erase box, so my old dat... Fri 13 Jun 2003, 14:10 macintarian I have tried what the webmaster and weaze1 suggest... Mon 16 Jun 2003, 16:32 Soif It seems you got a serious HD problem.
Your BEST ... Mon 16 Jun 2003, 17:02 macintarian Thank you much Webmaster, I don't have another... Mon 16 Jun 2003, 17:30 lepetitmartien You can, mind that everything will be erased on it... Mon 16 Jun 2003, 20:02 macintarian New progress, I ran an apple diagnostic test on my... Tue 17 Jun 2003, 14:37 Soif Beleive me BACKUP your data AS FAST AS POSSIBLE (2... Tue 17 Jun 2003, 16:49 macintarian It's me again, well I did what webmaster sugge... Mon 23 Jun 2003, 20:01 macintarian oh I forgot to mention that after installing 10.1.... Mon 23 Jun 2003, 20:09 dixiechicken You can and should install Jaguar on the new HD.
... Tue 24 Jun 2003, 10:14 macintarian Thank you very much dixiechicken and all, that... Tue 24 Jun 2003, 13:19 Soif before re-installing the 1st HD, you should backup... Tue 24 Jun 2003, 17:46
macintarian Finally!! I finally was able to spend som... Mon 30 Jun 2003, 15:49 |
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