[G4] G4 Powerbook Won't Boot Up. Help?

[B G]

Just a guess but sound like he needs to boot from the OS install and  
try disk repair.

good luck

Brian

G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM

On Oct 27, 2005, at 4:08 PM, Ron Michael wrote:

> I have a buddy who is having G4 Powerbook problems which is  
> stopping him from booting up. He's tried Disk Warrior and that  
> wouldn't repair it. I'm pasting some of the on-screen messages he's  
> getting but this is as far as he can get before it hangs. I may be  
> posting  too much but hopefully it might help someone smarter than  
> me interpret what's going on. He was afraid to re-install until I  
> posted this message (also at my suggestion) since he's hoping his  
> data is still all there. Any advice I can pass along to him. I've  
> got Tech Tool Pro but he lives about an hour away. I thought about  
> having him come over, connecting the Powerbook to my G4, via  
> Firewire and Target Disk mode but if it won't start up, that idea  
> won't help.
> Thanks a lot.
> Ron in Memphis
>
> 0. hfs: WARNING - blocks on volume Macintosh HD not allocated!
>
> 1. panic(cpu0): 0x300 - Data Access
>
> 2. panic: We are hanging here.
>
> 3. Incorrect block count for filesystem.log
> It should be 15987 instead of 15988 (---or is it  file system.log--- 
> probably just one word.)
>
> 4. Invalid key length (4, 9807)
>
> 5. Volume check failed
>
> 6. Warning: blocks on volume MacIntosch HD not allocated
>
> 7. Returning false early
>
> 8. Connector or machine incorrect  (this message may be on same  
> line at #7 message. I know it follows #7 message.)
>
> 9. After running fsck_hfs -fn /dev/disk0s9, I get these messages:
>    ** /dev/rdisk0s9 (No WRITE)
> **Root file system
> **Checking HFS Plus volume
> **Checking Extents Overflow file.
> **Checking Catalog file.
>    Invalid extent entry
> (4, 9807)
> **The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
> **Volume check failed.
>
>
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