That worked . . .I'll just reinstall the OS on the volume now. 
On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Macs R We wrote:

> No, just erase the bad volume, not the entire disk.  That should 
> re-initialize the file system in that partition.
> 
> On Feb 21, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Neil Laubenthal wrote:
> 
>> Haven't tried erasing it yet . . .if I can't get it fixed I can do that 
>> though . . .which should fix the problem but I was hoping there was a 
>> simpler answer. It's an emergency boot volume and I hate to waste an hour 
>> reinstalling the OS on it unless I have to.
>> 
>> I don't have a current copy of DW . . .the last copy i have is 3 or so years 
>> old . . .but Disk Utility, Drive Genius and TechTool Pro 5 are all happy.
>> 
>> The only thing that appears amiss is that it doesn't show up in Finder 
>> windows until I use the Go to Folder option and then it shows up as grayed 
>> out instead of normally.
>> 
>> On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Macs R We wrote:
>> 
>>> Did you try erasing the touchy partition with Disk Utility?
>>> 
>>> Did you try siccing Disk Warrior on it to see what handy diagnostic 
>>> messages it might provide?
> 
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