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Q: Kernel Panic startup trouble...

Hello, my Mac Pro won't boot up-- it gets to the Apple icon (grey background, spinning gear) and then the kernel panic message pops up: "You need to restart your computer...". I successfuly used Target Disk Mode (TDM) to run Disk Utility from another Mac Pro on the boot drive of the problem Mac. Disk Utility repaired a few minor issues and gave it a clean bill of health... but it still won't boot up.  I think I will clone the startup disk but does this sound like corrupt operating system or??  Any other diagnostics I can run?  Help please, thanks!!

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Mar 2, 2013 11:36 PM