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ejg930

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Jun 21, 2007
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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.

Code:
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.
 
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.
 
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