[Macpartners] 10.4.8 ACPI kernel panic?

[Albert Willis]

On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:

> I've got a MacBook Pro, tried to apply 10.4.8 update, and now  
> cannot boot
> back into the system.  Any attempts to boot from the Tiger DVD or  
> MacBook
> Pro Install CD 1 produce nothing.  CMD-Opt-P-R 3 times does nothing.
> CMD-Opt-O-F does nothing.  Same kernel panic screen.
>
> CMD-C is useless with either the Tiger or Macbook Pro Install CD.
>
> Google shows widespread failure by others, too.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott

I'd try booting into single user mode--see http://docs.info.apple.com/ 
article.html?artnum=106388 for details. You should be able to run  
fsck to check and possibly repair the hard drive's directory  
structure, etc.

   -- Al


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Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu


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