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I tried to install Lion after purchasing it from the App Store. It kernel panicked during install and then TRAPPED ME at the installer. Despite restarting, using disk utility, etc, I was stuck.

I erased the partition and tried to install again. Kernel panic. I tried putting Lion on a USB drive. Again, kernel panic

In my desperation I just kept running the installer over and over again and ONE TIME it worked. I was so pleased - until it kernel panicked on restart.

Still, it's working now. It will kernel panic every now and then. When I look at the logs for the kernel panics, the last kext loaded almost always has to do with networking/WIFI. This seems to be a relatively common.



Was SL more stable?




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