[X4U] Can't verify disk from boot volume.

Robert A. (Bob) Hall rahall at ptd.net
Sun Mar 16 08:57:12 PDT 2008


Thank you.  It seems I did not journal the disk when I set it up. So 
that is the answer.
Bob

>On 03/15/08, "Robert A. (Bob) Hall" <rahall at ptd.net> wrote:
>>
>>  I can't Verify my boot Volume using Disk Utility while on the boot
>>  volume. The Verify button remains grayed out. This remains even after
>>  I have repaired the boot Volume with both Disk Warrior and Disk
>>  Utility on my external FireWire and the appear ok after the repair.
>>  My OS is version 10.4.11.
>>
>>  Can anyone tell me what the problem might be.
>
>You can only verify, not repair, a boot volume from the boot volume, only if
>journaling is enabled. IIRC, that feature started with Tiger.



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