Kernel panic

   

A kernel panic is a message displayed by an operating system upon detecting an internal system error from which it cannot recover. Kernel panics often provide cryptic debugging information that is useful only to the developers of the operating system.

Attempts by the operating system to read an invalid or unpermitted address are a common source of kernel panics. A panic may also occur as a result of a hardware failure.

Related articles

Retrieved from "http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Kernel_panic"

This page has been accessed 46 times. This page was last modified 12:51, 24 Oct 2004. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details).