==== kernel panic ====

[[OsX]]	's friendly way of reminding you its still [[BSD]] underneath...

ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >> ???


splat-s to get slighty more info


whatever you do, dont run out of room on the system disk (unless you have a seperate swap partition). it can lead to random data corruption with versions upto 10.3.2


==== diagnose and fix ====

FIRST AID 

  * 01 Restart
  * 02 Check/fix the filesystem
  * 03 Make sure you're not running out of free space on the System volume
  * 04 Repair permissions
  * 05 Create a new user account, and see if the problem persists there
  * 06 Clear system & user caches
  * 07 Disable Application Enhancer, if you're running it
  * 08 Startup in  [[SafeBoot]]  mode, and see if the problem persists there
  * 09 Reset system firmware
  * 10 Unplug all USB, Firewire devices except Apple mouse



MORE SERIOUS TROUBLESHOOTING 

  * 11 Reapply the latest combo updater
  * 12 Run the Apple hardware diagnostic CD
  * 13 Check the hard drive for bad blocks
  * 14 Take out 3rd party RAM
  * 15 Unplug 3rd Party PCI cards
  * 16 Reset PMU
  * 17 Archive and reinstall the OS
  * 18 Reinstall the system from scratch
  * 19 Send the machine back to Apple
  * 20 Additional Notes


see  http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2004011205473937 for more details...


==== boot discs ====


  * a decent how to, http://www.bombich.com/mactips/bootx.html
  * the easier way,. using bootCD to automate most of the process  http://www.charlessoft.com/


==== data recovery ====


==== system cloning ====

carboncopycloner http://www.bombich.com/