Have you tried to run the simple but effective Apple Disk Utility program located on the Mac OS install disk (start the installer and then go to the menu and select disk utility (can't remember what menu point it is under sorry). After repairing the disk try to repair permissions on the disk using the same utility.
Can you run these? What are the results? For future information... Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 drives do not need volume optimization as whenever you install an OS upgrade the volume gets optimized automatically. The system is well designed and many of the things you had to do 'on the dark side' do not need to be done here :-) One tip to avoid problems in the future would also be to run repair permissions (using disk utility program in the OS X partition / Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility) both before and after installing any program updates in the future as this seems to avoid many problems before they can happen. HTH, Richard -- On 9/8/05 13:29, "Joe B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a big problem with my OS X partition caused by careless use of Tech > Tool Pro 4's optimising. > > On page 60 of the Tech Tool Pro 4 Manual it warns against optimisinng a hard > drive without first running the Volume Stucture tests and repairing that if > necessary, and says that a small problem could become serious if this is not > done. I'm used to Windows and OS 9 where you can optimise any time without any > special precautions! So I found out not to do this by doing it. In this case, > I should have riead the whole manual first! I messed up here- I did this to my > OS X partition and now although I have been able to improve things up to a > point and I can now get in to copy files across to another drive, I cannot get > OS X itself to work and the machine won't boot up in OS X. > > I've tried to rescue the situation by doing volume structure repairs but it > isn't working, and although the repairs are always "Passed", when I redo the > volume structure test I keep getting the same error message telling me > > Failed, Invalid Catalog PEOF (-49). > > The Repair is not not doing anything- the comparison charts show no changes > are being made any more when I run the repair now. And after doing the repair > and running the Volume Structure testI keep coming back to this same error > message. > > What I need to know- and I'm very new to OS X so this is why I know virtually > nothing about it- is what to do next. > > I can try to reinstall OS X (Tiger) from the Cds ( I did the media exchange as > my machine has no DVD drive). But I'm wondering if this is going to be enough; > maybe the volume structure problems mean I need to dig a bit deeper first and > reinitialise the OS X partition first (assuming this is in fact possible). > This is the first time I ever got this problem so at this point my experience > runs out! > > My internal hard drive has three partitions, OS 9 (which I am using now), OS > X, which won't boot up, and Data. I created these partitions in case of > terminal problems developing with one partition as seems to have happened > here, but I'm not sure what needs to be done to solve it now. > > Is reinstalling OS X the thing to try first? > > Any help with this would be much appreciated! > > > Joe B. -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
