on 14/01/04 19:34, gwallace at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I had a 2 kernal panics in the past few days on my G4 iBook. When I > ran fsck the second time, I never got the "appears to be ok" comment > (kept getting "file system modified" ). I tried using the disk repair > on the install disk, but even though it says it's repaired, if I run > the verify again, I get "needs to be repaired" message every time. > > In single user mode, the message that seems to indicate the problem is > > overlapped extent allocation (file 257231d) > overlapped extent allocation (file 258635d) > > then after the file system modified comment it says > Localhost:/root# ASC: : rWPM Warning: couldn't find IO Platform Monitor > > My question is, should I be concerned about this, and if so, what do I > do? I'm not terribly familiar with UNIX, but I can follow directions. > I do have the system install disk and wonder if I should reinstall. > (And how to do that without messing up my other files). Thanks. >
Any disk problem can become serious at some point. In cases like this, I usually backup the files I want to keep and then just erase and re-install the system. That's almost the only safe way to get rid of the problem. I've heard good things about DiskWarrior, but I haven't used it myself. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] code police n.: [by analogy with George Orwell's `thought police'] A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
