From: Alexander Schreiber (als_at_thangorodrim.de)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 12:29:03 PST
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:05:23AM +0100, Berthe M. Willumsen wrote:
> >On 8-mrt-04, at 13:16, Jon Glass wrote:
> >> Am I alone?
> >
> >Looks like it :-(
> >And I wonder why you have kernel panics anyway, don't remember the last
> >one and my machine gets used quite heavily.
> >
> >Robert Benschop
>
> I waited to see if it came up, but no, thus:
>
> What is kernel panic????
A kernel crash, usually caused either by
- a bug in the kernel or
- faulty hardware
and usually the later. A common culprit on x86 (Intel) systems for
kernel panics are bad memory chips or fools who overclock their CPUs.
The Windows NT (and up) aequivalent is the infamous "Blue Screen Of
Death".
Regards,
Alex.
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