> On Oct 10, 2005, at 8:56 PM, Art wrote: > >> All of a sudden I got kernel panics like crazy when first starting >> up, you know, the gray bitten apple and the rotary spinning gear at >> the middle bottom startup screen. > > But, FWIW, I don't believe that describes a kernel panic at all! > ------------- > > On Oct 10, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Wayne wrote: > >> Well I cannot recommend DiskWarrior enough. All of a sudden I got >> kernel panics like crazy when first starting up, you know, the gray >> bitten apple and the rotary spinning gear at the middle bottom >> startup screen. Lots of them. > > Glad DW helped, but what you describe is not a KP. You were having > startup issues because the boot disk directory was damaged. Directory > repair is all that DW does, but as had been said many times before, > it does it very well, MOST of the time. > > A KP, by my definition, is a transparent dark rectangle with white > text in multiple languages telling you you are screwed <g>, and good > luck figuring out why or how <g>. >> >> > > Regards, > > Wayne Clodfelter > wayne at troutnc.com > > Hi Art & Wayne > > OK I *do* know what a kernel panic is, I left out one important word > in that sentence, it should read: > ... kernel panics like crazy when first starting up, you know, *AT* > the gray bitten apple ... > or even several words i.e. ...kernel panics like crazy when first > starting up, you know, *RIGHT AFTER WHEN YOU SEE* the gray bitten > apple...(which of course is the multilingual you have to restart > screen) > > I HATE when I do that.... > > Anyhoo, things are purring along so far (fingers and > toes crossed!). Thanks Art & Wayne!! > > Deb in Rhode Island