hfs_swap_HFSPlusBTInternalNode:catalog #34

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havrelm1

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This is just my luck.

I have a mac G4/400, 768mb RAM, OS X 10.4.7.

I downloaded a ZIP file and after a few minutes it said there was an error mounting the .dmg, then I tried to delete the file and it gave me a (-50) error message. So I restarted the computer and after a long time at the Gray MAC screen, I get a long message starting with:

hfs_swap_HFSPlusBTInternalNode:catalog #34 invaild length (0)

The system will not boot. Can someone PLEASE help me on this?!?! I am new to MAC problems, I only know windows based problems.
 
I would suggest booting from your OS X Install CD/DVD, then using Disk Utility to verify and repair the hard drive -- it sounds like you've got some disk corruption going on there.
 
I have the proper firmware version for my mac, 4.2.8f1 or something after the 8. I have osx 10.4.7 installed on my computer (I purchased it from a guy who had a few macs and he put that on there) but gave me the 10.2 discs he had, I don't think I can boot from those, Guess I will have to go to the apple store on my lunch to buy 10.4.7 huh?
 
I'll try booting off of my 10.2 disc and see if I can run a disk repair utility off of that, If not, I will have to wait for mty 10.4 disc to arrive in the mail this weekend.

Does anyone know "exactly" what this error is though? It seems like a generic response to just run a disk repair program, I would like to know what is going on, especially since it says catalog #34, I have seen other ones, or why this would happen, I just downloaded a file, error opening it, wouldn't let me delete it, then this happened. I got work to do, I can't have this garbage happening.
 
I don't know exactly what it is, but if it says HFS, it's definitely a disk problem. HFS is the volume format OS X uses. Sounds like some of the volume databases got corrupted. This can sometimes happen if a disk becomes completely full — especially if it's the boot disk. Was there not enough disk space available to decompress the zip?

So, running Disk Utility is definitely a logical first step. It might take heavier hitters like Disk Warrior or Data Rescue to salvage your data, though. I can't say at this point.
 
I will definately try the disk utility. The HD is a 80GB and just had a fresh install when I bought it a month ago, the only things I have installed on it are Pro Tools and Warcraft, I had about 68GB free space when this happened. I mean, I guess it wont do me any damage to re-install everything, but I would like to know what this is all about, I can't have this kind of BS happening on a ProTools computer ya know? especially from an error opening a 117k .ZIP file!
 
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