| Not that this helps you immediately but according to apple this is a harmless message. Can you boot with the install disk and see the main hard drive? If you can see the drive you might be able to copy off your files.
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From apple
Some messages that Disk Utility reports when checking permissions can be safely ignored. For example, you may safely ignore a message that contains "permissions are 33261". This document applies to Mac OS X 10.2.2 or later.
In Disk Utility (Mac OS X 10.2.2 through 10.2.8), you see the message: "We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.util.
New permissions are 33261"
In Disk Utility (Mac OS X 10.3.3 through 10.3.9, and 10.4 or later), you may see the message: "We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util.
New permissions are 33261"
This is a status message and not a cause for concern. You may safely ignore it. |