Anyone figured out the "invalid node structure" problem?

delsoljb32

delsoljb32

Dark Archon
I did a reformat/reinstall of OS X on my imac (g4 700mhz). I got all the way up to Jaguar, then went online to get the updates. during the download/install of the consolidated upgrade for the OS, it froze. then when i rebooted i got a weird black box above the apple logo on the white system check screen. weird.

I then proceeded to reboot from the install disc and do a disc check. In the verify disc report, it says: "invalid node structure" in red. I try to repair it and it does nothing.

I checked through the forums here and found a few references to this same occurrence, but no real solutions. any ideas?
 
One solution is:
As you see in Disk Utility in the First Aid tab 'If Disk Utility cannot make repairs, try other disk repair programs or back up your data and erase the volume.'
A good utility to try is Disk Warrior. Also Tech Tool Pro. Many here will say stay away from Norton System Works, and I tend to agree with that. Either of the first two should be able to fix your problems. You have to purchase this software, but you can save a LOT of time if you don't need to re-install everything.
 
yeah, thats what others have said. i was looking to see if there was a "no purchase necessary" approach to it. i tried a few more times and was able to get the imac totally upgraded to jaguar. hopefully that did the trick. thanks again.
 
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