G3 Won't Start Up

[3djeff]

Blue/White Power Mac G3/400
OS X.4

This computer stalls at the grey screen/apple/spinning gear. I've tried starting from OS X.4 CD, but it will not.

I've also tried fixing by starting up in single user mode and typing "sbin/fsck/ -fy" but gotten the following....

*Checking Catalog File
Invalid BSD Filetype
(4,0)
Incorrect size for file ZoomValues.strings
(it should be 0 instead of 149533581377536)

I keep getting the same responce. I don't own Disk Warrior, and spending $75 on it would not be worth the price of the computer.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[nixgeek]

Have you applied any firmware updates to the G3?

See here for more details:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117

Remember that if you need it you're going to have to apply it from within OS 9, not Classic mode.