Journaling -- Kernel Panic?

Question

I have a question:
I recently updated my Mac to 10.4.5. After restart, I looked at DU and I saw that Journaling was turned off. Before 10.4.5, everytime I had used DiskWarrior....journaling was automatically turned off. So everytime i used DW.....I turned on journaling via DU and okay.....no problems at all.
Now.....right after having updated to 10.4.5 and I restarted my Pb.....I tried to turn on journaling....and I experienced my very first kernel panic. So I held down the power button and restarted my Pb. Then I opened DU again and turned on journaling once again......this time..no problems. Now....everytime I run DiskWarrior and try to turn on journaling again.....I get a kernel panic. But after having restarted and turning it back on again....no problems.
What is causing this?
Thank you in advance,
Cheers
(I tried to run an Apple Hardware Test (ver.2.5?? is this right?) once and no problems were found)

Answer 1

Hi, Stefan.
1. What version of Disk Warrior are you using? Use only version 3.0.3 or later (3.0.3 is the latest) with Tiger.
2. What does Disk Utility > Repair Disk report about the drive in question?
3. Have you checked the SMART diagnostics of your hard drive? See: "Disk Utility 10.5 Help: Checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk."
4. See my "Resolving Kernel Panics" FAQ. This FAQ includes step-by-step instructions for identifying and resolving some of the most common causes of kernel panics.
My FAQ is a roadmap: start at the beginning and work through to the end, following the instruction in the order specified, including the "If all else fails..." section if a cause or resolution is not found in an earlier troubleshooting step therein.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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