From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: May 17, 2008 10:57:05 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Sorta OT:  Powerbook G4 won't startup

On 17-May-08, at 10:38 AM, Tim wrote:

Okay, I've tried booting from the DVD (but it's the one for the Mini,

which is a wintel - still, shouldn't it be able to run disk utility?).

I'm not sure. Most of the DVD's that ship with the Mac are specific to that Mac model. So you can't install it on a different models and the x86 Mini may have only x86 code and won't even start up on a G4.

I would test that here as I have the same situation,  but I have the OSX Install disks for it stored on my remote site for safe keeping and I have no access on weekends.

 Anyway, the first time I started it up with the DVD, I immediately

got the "you need to restart" screen.  The second time, it spun up the

DVD and then shut down like before.

I'm trying Disk Utility from the mini now, booting the powerbook as a

target disk.

The DVD shows up in my finder on the mini, but the HD still does not.

 When I run disk utility and try to repair the drive, I get this message:

Verify and Repair disk "Macintosh HD"

Checking HFS Plus volume.

Checking Extents Overflow file.

Checking Catalog file.

Invalid node structure

Volume check failed.

The data structure on the disk is corrupted for sure, so it can't find stuff to load the disk up.

Does it show if SMART for the drive verified or not? If SMART will not verify, you definitely have a bad hard drive.

HTH..

Milton J. Aupperle