Got the dreaded Leopard "invalid node structure" error message on Disk Utility, (along with ulra-slow or non-boooting everything)
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From: Amanda Ripanykhazov on 28 Nov 2009 21:14 Was wondering what to do about it, especially as I cant find my install discs (I have them somewhere but the only ones I can find are my new McBook Pro Leopard install discs and my Snow Leopard upgrade disc) for this 15 inch 1.5 GHz Powerbook G4. No FSCK command I can find on Single User Mode works I suppose I can start in target mode (using my iBook G4) and copy everything on the internal hard drive to a USB hard drive to clone the whole drive Then format the internal drive using the 'write Xs to every block' function (there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the HDD) and then copy everything back to the HDD. But once I have finished this process, how do I make the Powerbook's HDD bootable? Does Darwin have all sorts of hidden files which let it be bootable and start the computer like a PC?
From: nospam on 28 Nov 2009 21:31 In article <0d252986-b26b-40a2-a9bf-bc6652fd2ca1(a)p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Amanda Ripanykhazov <dmanzaluni(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Was wondering what to do about it, especially as I cant find my > install discs (I have them somewhere but the only ones I can find are > my new McBook Pro Leopard install discs and my Snow Leopard upgrade > disc) for this 15 inch 1.5 GHz Powerbook G4. diskwarrior should be able to fix invalid node structure: <http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html> ultra slow sounds like it could be bad blocks, which means you should replace the drive. be sure your backups are up to date. > No FSCK command I can find on Single User Mode works that's the same as disk utility and it won't fix it. > I suppose I can start in target mode (using my iBook G4) and copy > everything on the internal hard drive to a USB hard drive to clone the > whole drive > > Then format the internal drive using the 'write Xs to every block' > function (there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the HDD) and > then copy everything back to the HDD. it's a waste of time to write to every block, especially if there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. if you do clone it, a simple reformat will suffice. > But once I have finished this process, how do I make the Powerbook's > HDD bootable? Does Darwin have all sorts of hidden files which let it > be bootable and start the computer like a PC? it has a lot of hidden files, but if you clone it with superduper, it will be bootable. however, that's really the wrong way to solve this unless diskwarrior fails to fix it.
From: Amanda Ripanykhazov on 28 Nov 2009 21:54 On Nov 28, 9:31 pm, nospam <nos...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > diskwarrior should be able to fix invalid node structure: > <http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html> > it has a lot of hidden files, but if you clone it with superduper, it > will be bootable. however, that's really the wrong way to solve this > unless diskwarrior fails to fix it. Actually i am scared of buying DiskWarrior again unless I can find it very cheap indeed: I don't trust the company. I bought it once and just found that within a month or so, Apple had released some update to the OS (Panther to Tiger or something?) which rendered the whole cost wasted. I started out being suspicious of a software program which cost as much as a whole new drive and ended up being even more suspicious!! Actually I suspect it might do the job as it DID do an amazing job when i did use it the first time. Now however it only HOPES to correct this INVALID NODE STRUCTURE problem IF you spend a ton of money, yet again, buying it.
From: Amanda Ripanykhazov on 28 Nov 2009 22:21 I moping this isnt a stupid question but is there any way of using file sharing, connecting up my unibody Macbook Pro with the ethernet cable and cloning the drive on the dead computer using some form of target disk mode using Time Machine? I know Target doesnt work without firewire.
From: Amanda Ripanykhazov on 29 Nov 2009 10:58
> it has a lot of hidden files, but if you clone it with superduper, it > will be bootable. however, that's really the wrong way to solve this > unless diskwarrior fails to fix it. Superduper just gets hung at the first step (preparing Macintosh hard drive): It was difficult to get it to start (kept hanging with the whirling coloured ball and on Force Quit, giving the error message "not responding") but when I did get it to start, it doesnt run at all. I tried verifying disk permissions before it started performing its functions and it gets stuck at verifying. Unless all these programs act like DW and just take an age to run? Does anyone know if there is any way of knowing when it is or isnt actually running? Or can you assume something has gone very wrong when you see the whirling ball when the cursor gets over the Apple? So far it has run for two hours without anything looking like it is happening except that the clock keeps running! |