tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634454909530799124.post4834678505921612737..comments2023-10-21T05:35:42.897-04:00Comments on The Proactive Pachyderm: Of Macs and Men Pt. IIJackhalfaprayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10378672322669161998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634454909530799124.post-36448607956070377612009-07-12T18:09:48.987-04:002009-07-12T18:09:48.987-04:00Forgot to mention: also repair permissions when y...Forgot to mention: also repair permissions when you are repairing disk. I don't think it matters which order but I like to repair permissions before messing with the drive contents. Sometimes you may even have to repair permissions or disk flaws more than once- this is normal with Mac's HFS volumes.Jackhalfaprayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378672322669161998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634454909530799124.post-28403915750452923512009-07-12T18:06:30.945-04:002009-07-12T18:06:30.945-04:00Hey Udo- Kernal tanks are scary. It's the ma...Hey Udo- Kernal tanks are scary. It's the mac equivalent of the BSOD. In OS9 fatal errors would show an old-school cartoon bomb with a lit fuse. Macs have gotten more optimistic I think.<br /><br />95% of the time Kernal Panics are bad permissions/software/OS problems. Back up all your data, boot up from an OSX install disc (insert disc, restart, hold down "C" key to boot from disk or the "Option" key to see a list of bootable startups) and then verify and repair your HD with Disk Utility. Make sure you do a full backup first- even a root user backup won't keep your applications intact so you'll want to use something like Clonezilla to make a redundant disk image of your entire drive's contents. I haven't tried this yet, going to start weekly backups once production gets into gear. ...Nor do I have Leopard, so I don't know about Time Machine or its feature set.<br /><br />Another option for stability is to use third party disk utilities like DiskWarrior. I've started using it and I already found 5 fatal, unrepairable permissions conflicts and deleted the sources. This is off a fresh installation. Most of them were Microsoft Office glitches and built-in printer drivers. Hopefully this should keep things stable.<br /><br />Happy computing!<br /><br />@ramez: if my computer had a nose I would've broken it. I love my monitor too much to abuse it :]Jackhalfaprayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378672322669161998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634454909530799124.post-15160544923219300172009-07-11T09:53:32.648-04:002009-07-11T09:53:32.648-04:00I tend to smack my computer's monitor if it st...I tend to smack my computer's monitor if it stops working.aaaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824644735665530342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634454909530799124.post-8261646445179522272009-07-10T22:48:04.324-04:002009-07-10T22:48:04.324-04:00Argh.... I hear you bro. My Big Mac Girly just had...Argh.... I hear you bro. My Big Mac Girly just had a kernel panic... guess that means I have to go buy some $200 apple ram? Not sure... she's about 8 years old and never gave me a hard time. :( How do I fix her?Udo Umamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811207058983624624noreply@blogger.com