Kernel panic when booting from DVD or external drive

Hey Folks,
I have a 13" MBP, seems to run fine for the most part.
However, I can't boot from DVDs or external hard drives. Disk Warrior, my and a tech support buddy of mine's OSX Snow Leopard DVDs, and external boot disks all cause a kernel panic when selected from the alternate boot menu when rebooting with alt.
The DVD/External spins up, the loading spinner goes for about 20-30 seconds, and then BAM - Kernel panic. I'd reinstall OSX... but I can't!
Any suggestions? I'd rather not send the computer to a tech for a week - I need it daily for work.

Kernel panic log:
Fri Nov 26 11:42:49 2010
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2a6ac2): Kernel trap at 0x00000000, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x000006e8
EAX: 0x57cd9408, EBX: 0x57983dec, ECX: 0x06fa2b80, EDX: 0x07fb9c80
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x57983e18, ESI: 0x07fb9f00, EDI: 0x00000001
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x00000000, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000010
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x57983ae8 : 0x21acfa (0x5ce650 0x57983b1c 0x223156 0x0)
0x57983b38 : 0x2a6ac2 (0x590a50 0x0 0xe 0x590c1a)
0x57983c18 : 0x29c968 (0x57983c30 0x7fb9f00 0x57983e18 0x0)
0x57983c28 : 0x0 (0xe 0x48 0x57980010 0x7fb0010)
0x57983e18 : 0x5389f2 (0x7fb5a00 0x7f62500 0x1 0x4fbe2a)
0x57983e78 : 0x536c27 (0x7f62500 0x7fb5a00 0x8006380 0x805e4c0)
0x57983f28 : 0x5371b8 (0x7f62500 0x8000140 0x0 0xffffffff)
0x57983f78 : 0x538e67 (0x7f62500 0x0 0x57983fac 0x1)
0x57983fc8 : 0x29c68c (0x7f85190 0x0 0x29c69b 0x74d03d4)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10A432
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:47:34 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro7,1 (Mac-F222BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 109525048606
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelYonahProfile 14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile 17
com.apple.DontSteal_Mac_OSX 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.7.4a1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 2.8.16
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelNehalemProfile 11
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.0.5
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.0d4
com.apple.driver.ACPISMCPlatformPlugin 3.4.0a20
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 161
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile 19
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU 1.4.5d1
com.apple.GeForce 6.0.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.SparseDiskImage 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.ReadWriteDiskImage 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.UDIFDiskImage 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.RAMBackingStore 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.HTTPBackingStore 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.FileBackingStore 281
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx 410.91.20
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.7.8
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.BootCache 31
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 160.0.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 90.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAPlatformDriver 1.7.4a1 - last loaded 109517592692
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.2f18
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.2
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.2f18
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 2.5.0
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I've removed the 2nd hd and tried hibernating and it crashes after a little while the progress bar appears. And the the "please hold the power button" screen appears.
Here is what i get:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 215163 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: A67D237A-36E8-4FCD-B352-F20B3E537B23
Mon Oct 25 12:56:21 2010
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x528e19): "Hibernate restore error e00002d5"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.7.4/iokit/Kernel/IOHibernateIO.cpp:2403
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
A lot of people with other SSD and newer MacBook Pros seem to have the same issue!
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?p=470361
Is there a software/setting solution or is it an SSD/Apple hardware issue??
THANKS

Disconnect all peripherals from your computer & try the suggestions mentioned in User Tips: Kernel Panics.

Kernel Panic When Booting with Install DVD

I get a kernel panic when booting from the OSX 4 (tiger) install DVD. I am using a Quad G-5 with 8 gigs of ram.

Have to ask what version your Quad came with, whether same DVD you are using now. Apple now has Tiger DVDs w/ 10.4.6 for sale.
When booting, or when you get to the screen to select Languages on the initial screen (before you can select DU or Installer etc)?
How about Option booting to Apple Hardware Test and running extended test?
Did you run memtest or anything when you installed RAM (assuming you didn't buy it BTO w/ 8GB).
Any time adding or changing hardware, including memory, it is either a good policy or essential in some cases to boot into Open Firmware (command option of) on startup and type "reset-nvram" and 'reset-all" after installing. Same for PCIe or even swapping out disk drive (where sometimes a drive won't show up or allow you to partition).

Kernel Panic when waking from sleep mode., Kernel Panic when waking from sleep mode.

Hi,
I have an Imac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo desktop which I have upgraded to lion.
Recently I keep getting kernel panics when waking from sleep mode and I cannot figure out what it is.
I am not very computer savy - I.e. I use a computer but don't know programming etc.
The computer then asks me to shut down and restart.
Any help would be much appreciated as this is driving me crazy.
An example of the latest kernel panic log as as follows:
Fri Jan 6 21:25:02 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002c266d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80002936b3, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000020, CR3: 0x000000000f636000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x000000000006f9d8, RBX: 0xffffff800445d598, RCX: 0x0000000000000020, RDX: 0x0000000000019fd8
RSP: 0xffffff808073b520, RBP: 0xffffff808073b540, RSI: 0x000000002996b2ee, RDI: 0xffffff8003f83ce8
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff800bf31788, R11: 0x0000000000009268
R12: 0xffffff800374c000, R13: 0xffffff800445d598, R14: 0x000000000006f9d8, R15: 0xffffff8003f83ce8
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff80002936b3, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
CR2: 0x0000000000000020, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff808073b1e0 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff808073b260 : 0xffffff80002c266d
0xffffff808073b400 : 0xffffff80002d7a1d
0xffffff808073b420 : 0xffffff80002936b3
0xffffff808073b540 : 0xffffff800029383b
0xffffff808073b560 : 0xffffff800029485b
0xffffff808073b590 : 0xffffff800027e44b
0xffffff808073b5f0 : 0xffffff7f811a44dd
0xffffff808073b630 : 0xffffff7f811a36c4
0xffffff808073b760 : 0xffffff8000328517
0xffffff808073b7b0 : 0xffffff80002e823b
0xffffff808073b8a0 : 0xffffff80003170ce
0xffffff808073b8d0 : 0xffffff80002ec664
0xffffff808073b9e0 : 0xffffff80002f0229
0xffffff808073ba50 : 0xffffff80002f0265
0xffffff808073ba80 : 0xffffff80004e6833
0xffffff808073bb50 : 0xffffff8000316ca3
0xffffff808073bba0 : 0xffffff80005a6e29
0xffffff808073bc30 : 0xffffff8000265675
0xffffff808073bc80 : 0xffffff80002651f3
0xffffff808073bcc0 : 0xffffff800026a62f
0xffffff808073bdc0 : 0xffffff800026cdb4
0xffffff808073bf40 : 0xffffff80002c1f0b
0xffffff808073bfb0 : 0xffffff80002d7941
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.BootCache(33.0)[7D74A237-77EF-359F-B1E2-CB1E602E8B9F]@0xffffff7f811a2 000->0xffffff7f811aafff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: corestoraged
Boot args: 0x0
Mac OS version:
11C74
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug 9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432
System model name: iMac8,1 (Mac-F227BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 46767492658
last loaded kext at 39979515424: com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2 (addr 0xffffff7f81930000, size 45056)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.59
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.26
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer          7.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000          7.1.2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.3
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.CoreStorageFsck          182.10
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          312
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          33
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.8.9
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2          3.2.2b1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          500.36.11
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          167.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine          1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          167.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAVBAudio          1.0.0d11
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily          1.0.0d22
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.3fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.0.16
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.2
com.apple.kext.ATI2600Controller          7.1.2
com.apple.kext.ATISupport          7.1.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.1d8
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          13
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage          182.10
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          4.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          403
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          3.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          4.5.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.7
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          411.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          4.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          165.3
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          331
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.4
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
This is all double dutch to me.
Would anyone be able to help please???
Thank you very much !!
Dave

Hi, for other peoples information - I finally figured out the problem. It was actually a faulty RAM module which I had bought. I had upgraded from 2 to 4 gb of RAM using an approved type of RAM for my particular computer. Finally I removed one module of RAM (after doing nearly everything else under the sun including trying to reinstall the operating system and wipe the computer etc) and the computer worked fine.
Dave

Kernel panic when waking from sleep

My eMac (1Ghz, 256 Mb RAM, dual boot OS 9.2.2/OS X 10.2.8(upgraded from 10.2.4)) has a recurring but intermittent issue where it suffers from a kernel panic when waking from sleep.
In the past I managed to fix the issue by resetting PRAM and NVRAM, but this doesn't seem to work anymore.
Things I've found out until now:
- Apple Hardware Test and Techtool Deluxe can't find anything wrong (all tests are passed).
- No kernel panic log is written - apparently the kernel panic occurs before the log can be written.
- Crash appears to be network-related. My IP address and network card address are shown at the bottom of the panic window.
- After restarting, Finder windows revert to a state from two or three days ago...
- Login items aren't the problem. I removed them all - this doesn't make any difference.
- no weird things in the startup items folders, AFAIK.
I'm on the verge of reinstalling OS X, but I think I already did this a couple of years ago, and it didn't help.
Please help.
Thomas

Nominally, you'd download the OS X Update Combo 10.2.8 after reinstalling 10.2.4, then use Software Update to identify any additional security and other software updates. There was an issue with early builds of 10.2 failing the 10.2.8 udate if done directly, but working fine if one first updated to an intermediate version such as 10.2.6; I think that problem affected 10.2 through 10.2.3 and your 10.2.4 should be good to go directly to 10.2.8, but if there are any problems, you can go back to 10.2.4, then search the Apple Downloads link for 10.2.6, then 10.2.8
With 10.2.x, it's prudent to run Repair Permissions after each OS and security update before moving on to the next.

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