disk utility weirdness

[sithious]

hi...
i'm experiencing a strange thing with disk utility: i get totally different results each time i run it, even within a couple of minutes ...
does anyone know what this means? i've repaired my disks with norton utilitys several times under 9.1, but i just get the same strange results when i'm back in x and run disk utility...

 

[sithious]

here's a screenshot of what's happening: first the volume bit map needs repair, then it doesn't...
and what are orphaned inodes?
sorry bout the double post ...

 

[rharder]

Weird.

In the meantime you can always try rebooting in single user mode and running <em>fsck</em>.

-Rob

 

[sithious]

Originally posted by rharder
Weird.

In the meantime you can always try rebooting in single user mode and running <em>fsck</em>.

-Rob

how do i do that? what is fsck?
thanks for helping...

 

[noebauwens]

Hello,

I've got the same problem like you but even try to boot in single usermode and running fsck didn't work, maybe it might for you;

You restart your computer during startup press apple+s , wait and type in fsck -y that should fix "normally" all the problems.

It didn't for me but , if you got it going tell me.

good luck
neo

 

[sithious]

no... same as it ever was ... but thanks for the suggestion anyway.
i find it a bit of a relief that i'm not the only one with this problem. maybe it'll go away if we just ignore it?

 

[alito]

I have the same problem and i cant repair the disk because the option REPAIR doesnt works.
Do you have this problem?

 

[sithious]

yes, repair won't work when the disk you're testing is the startup disk ... i've got two partitions, so i just boot into 9.1 on the other partition to repair... but it doesn't seem to help much, i always get the same weird results right afterwards...
very strange... ought to write to apple maybe...