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<blockquote data-quote="olivaresfelipe" data-source="post: 767524" data-attributes="member: 76892"><p>Dear all,</p><p></p><p>after booting, my Powerbook is stuck on the desktop screen. </p><p></p><p>I am new to Macs; bought a PB G4 with preinstalled Tiger a month ago. Yesterday I noticed that Camino was hanging so I pressed the ON button forcing the machine to shut down.</p><p></p><p>Here's where the problem starts. As I tried to turn it on, the machine got stuck on desktop screen. </p><p></p><p>I've already gone through the sticky post with "instant fixes" to no avail. I booted in single-user mode and attempted to use <strong>fsck -y</strong> to which I got a "Volume is journaled. No checking performed". I tried then a forced fsck and this is exactly what I got back:</p><p></p><p>** /dev/rdisk0s3</p><p>** Root file system</p><p>** Checking HFS Plus volume.</p><p>** Checking Extents Overflow file.</p><p>** Checking Catalog file.</p><p><strong>disk0s3: I/O error.</strong></p><p><strong> Invalid sibling link</strong></p><p><strong>(4, 16973)</strong></p><p><strong>** Volume check failed.</strong></p><p></p><p>Please help! To make matters worse I bought this from a guy that misplaced the original OS disk. Thinking I would never need it I agreed. Oh, and by the way, <strong>I am currently posted in India</strong>, so no Mac support readily available (me thinks).</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="olivaresfelipe, post: 767524, member: 76892"] Dear all, after booting, my Powerbook is stuck on the desktop screen. I am new to Macs; bought a PB G4 with preinstalled Tiger a month ago. Yesterday I noticed that Camino was hanging so I pressed the ON button forcing the machine to shut down. Here's where the problem starts. As I tried to turn it on, the machine got stuck on desktop screen. I've already gone through the sticky post with "instant fixes" to no avail. I booted in single-user mode and attempted to use [B]fsck -y[/B] to which I got a "Volume is journaled. No checking performed". I tried then a forced fsck and this is exactly what I got back: ** /dev/rdisk0s3 ** Root file system ** Checking HFS Plus volume. ** Checking Extents Overflow file. ** Checking Catalog file. [B]disk0s3: I/O error. Invalid sibling link (4, 16973) ** Volume check failed.[/B] Please help! To make matters worse I bought this from a guy that misplaced the original OS disk. Thinking I would never need it I agreed. Oh, and by the way, [B]I am currently posted in India[/B], so no Mac support readily available (me thinks). Thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]
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