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Mac (2 x 3 GHz Dual-Core Xeon Leopard 10.5.8) will not boot unless "C" key is pressed during booting.
(otherwise black screen or blinking folder icon with ?mark.
i checked the drive with Disk Utility and found the option for "Repair" to be greyed-out.
so I selected "Verify".
Results:
"invalid volume file count.
(it should be 1076381 instead of 1076382)
invalid volume count.
(it should be 245339 instead of 245338)
the volume XXXXX needs to be repaired
ERROR: filesystem verify or repair failed."
So i attempted to do a repair with Disk Utility by booting from my OS X 10.5.6 startup/installation disk.
inserting a startup/installation disk: Leopard 10.5.6 (I notice I am running OS X 10.5.8 .... was the 10.5.8 a web upgrade?) I select Quit installation and then select the 10.5.6 disk as a startup ... but arrive again at the same installation window .. a loop I can only break if I select the original startup drive with OS X 10.5.8 which will then boot as if nothing is wrong. (even holding the "C" key will not shift the restart to installation disk)
However, Disk Utility has shown that there is an error:
"invalid volume file count.
(it should be 1076381 instead of 1076382)
invalid volume count.
(it should be 245339 instead of 245338)
the volume XXXXX needs to be repaired
ERROR: filesystem verify or repair failed."
It does not appear to me to be anything major ... i can continue on pressing "C" when booting up ... but fear that this minor corruption will lead to more problems down the road.
How can I restart with the OS X 10/5.6 startup/installation disk?
.... or does the OS X 10.5.8 "trump" the older sytem making the start-up disk inaccessible?
(otherwise black screen or blinking folder icon with ?mark.
i checked the drive with Disk Utility and found the option for "Repair" to be greyed-out.
so I selected "Verify".
Results:
"invalid volume file count.
(it should be 1076381 instead of 1076382)
invalid volume count.
(it should be 245339 instead of 245338)
the volume XXXXX needs to be repaired
ERROR: filesystem verify or repair failed."
So i attempted to do a repair with Disk Utility by booting from my OS X 10.5.6 startup/installation disk.
inserting a startup/installation disk: Leopard 10.5.6 (I notice I am running OS X 10.5.8 .... was the 10.5.8 a web upgrade?) I select Quit installation and then select the 10.5.6 disk as a startup ... but arrive again at the same installation window .. a loop I can only break if I select the original startup drive with OS X 10.5.8 which will then boot as if nothing is wrong. (even holding the "C" key will not shift the restart to installation disk)
However, Disk Utility has shown that there is an error:
"invalid volume file count.
(it should be 1076381 instead of 1076382)
invalid volume count.
(it should be 245339 instead of 245338)
the volume XXXXX needs to be repaired
ERROR: filesystem verify or repair failed."
It does not appear to me to be anything major ... i can continue on pressing "C" when booting up ... but fear that this minor corruption will lead to more problems down the road.
How can I restart with the OS X 10/5.6 startup/installation disk?
.... or does the OS X 10.5.8 "trump" the older sytem making the start-up disk inaccessible?