diff -ur /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
--- /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c	Tue Apr 12 07:45:58 2005
+++ src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c	Mon Aug 22 20:23:04 2005
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@
 static void shutdown_panic(void *junk, int howto);
 static void shutdown_reset(void *junk, int howto);
 
+const char cow[] = "\n        \\   ^__^\n"
+"         \\  (oo)\\_______\n"
+"            (__)\\       )\\/\\\n"
+"                ||----w |\n"
+"                ||     ||\n";
+
 /* register various local shutdown events */
 static void
 shutdown_conf(void *unused)
@@ -488,7 +494,7 @@
 panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct thread *td = curthread;
-	int bootopt, newpanic;
+	int bootopt, newpanic, i;
 	va_list ap;
 	static char buf[256];
 
@@ -519,11 +525,17 @@
 	if (newpanic) {
 		(void)vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
 		panicstr = buf;
-		printf("panic: %s\n", buf);
+		printf(" ");
+		for (i = 0; i < strlen(buf); i++)
+			printf("_");
+		printf("\n< %s >\n ", buf);
+		for (i = 0; i < strlen(buf); i++)
+			printf("-");
+		printf(cow);
 	} else {
 		printf("panic: ");
 		vprintf(fmt, ap);
-		printf("\n");
+		printf(cow);
 	}
 	va_end(ap);
 #ifdef SMP