Boot Camp KERNEL PANIC

[ejg930]

So... I was partitioning my hard drive with Boot Camp to set up Windows. While partitioning, I got a kernel panic. My Mac continues to be usable, thank god... and I was able to repair the damage done. However, the kernel panics continue whenever I try to partition. Here is the log, for anyone interested.

Tue May  6 20:31:22 2008
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0031E21F): "hfs_lock: locking against myself!"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228.4.31/bsd/hfs/hfs_cnode.c:986
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack) 
0x3fdeb6d8 : 0x12b0f7 (0x4581f4 0x3fdeb70c 0x133230 0x0) 
0x3fdeb728 : 0x31e21f (0x484e90 0x0 0x3fdeb758 0x1f1d72) 
0x3fdeb758 : 0x31ebc7 (0x5635ea0 0x3 0x0 0x439d804) 
0x3fdeb848 : 0x1f3e30 (0x3fdeb860 0x0 0x3fdeb888 0x1f5d49) 
0x3fdeb888 : 0x1db8f0 (0xa24c5f0 0x4e79104 0x3af458 0x0) 
0x3fdeb8a8 : 0x1db95d (0xa24c5f0 0x0 0x246 0x4a93310) 
0x3fdeb8c8 : 0x335732 (0xa24c5f0 0x68000 0x41f1440 0x4a93310) 
0x3fdebbc8 : 0x335a8e (0x4e79104 0x13f7fff 0x7e616c 0x0) 
0x3fdebc58 : 0x32cc6c (0x439d804 0xf8000000 0x13 0x4e79104) 
0x3fdebcd8 : 0x1f6039 (0x3fdebd08 0x0 0x3fdebcf8 0x0) 
0x3fdebd38 : 0x1e8e0c (0x439ac70 0x80006802 0x3fdebee0 0x0) 
0x3fdebf78 : 0x3dcf13 (0x4a93310 0x4e79000 0x4e79044 0xb0080d78) 
0x3fdebfc8 : 0x19f1c3 (0x4cfa480 0x0 0x1a20b5 0x4cfa480) 
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0080d88

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: DiskManagementTo

Mac OS version:
9C7010

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.2: Tue Mar  4 21:17:34 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.31~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)

I was wondering what could be done to stop the kernel panics.

 

[Arip]

ive got the same problem 3 mins ago :s

waiting for a reply with the solution

 

[ejg930]

I've done some research, and found this.

Macs are supposed to defragment files automatically. The filesystem is supposed to do that. However, the process to defragment files is defaulted to about 3-5 AM local time. Use a program like iDefrag or TechTool Pro 4 (not deluxe, the one that comes with AppleCare) to defragment your hard drive, then try again. Unfortunately, these are both paid programs. I have yet to find a free mac defragmentation program.