This is the kernel panic warning. As the relevant KnowledgeBase article states: 'A kernel panic is a type of error that occurs when the core (kernel) of an operating system receives an instruction in an unexpected format, or that it fails to handle properly. A kernel panic may also follow when the operating system is not able to recover from a different type of error. A kernel panic can be caused by damaged or incompatible software or, more rarely, damaged or incompatible hardware'.
This started happening on my iBook recently ... I reinstalled the system a few times and all seemed well. Alas ... the problem appears to have been worse than I first thought. My iBook died last Tuesday night ... a victim of the iBook logic board problem. It is with Digilife now undergoing repair under either Apple's special iBook logic board repair program (the iBook falls within the affected serial numbers) or, failing that, my AppleCare extended warranty. I <choke> feel so , <sob> lost without my iBook. Seriously! ;-) R.K. -----Original Message----- From: Adam Hewitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 9 February 2004 2:18 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: random reboots Hi All, I have been using OSX for about 7 months now and I have never had any problems with it until recently when I begun getting a blackish box in the middle of the screen saying "The system needs to reboot, please hold the power button in for 5 seconds or press the reset button" and it has this written in 5 languages. Does anyone know what this is in regards to, whether it is a crash or just a required reboot etc, and how I can stop it from occurring? Cheers, Adam. <SNIP>
