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05.04.2008 at 09:47AM PDT, ID: 23375026
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macintosh tiger 10.4: catalog b-tree keys out of order after trying to install mac OS 10.5

Asked by renedietrich in Tiger (Mac OS 10.4), Apple Laptop, Leopard (MAC OS 10.5)

Tags: macintosh, tiger, 10.4, catalog b-tree keys out of order

system:
1- MAC OS 10.4 TIGER RUNNING ON A POWERBOOK G4 17 IN. 1GB RAM.  
2- HARD DRIVE: 74.5GB TOSHIBA MK8026GAX ATA INTERNAL SMART VERIFIED. device tree: PCI2/ata-6@D/@0:0

RUNNING NORMALLY UNTIL:
A- TRIED TO INSTALL MAC OX 10.5 LEOPARD ON THIS MACHINE. THE INSTALLER DETERMINED THAT "THIS SOFTWARE CANNOT BE INSTALLED ON THIS COMPUTER". IT THEN ASKED FOR A RESTART. WHEN EXECUTED:
a- THE SYSTEM STARTED UP TO THE GREY SCREEN WITH THE APPLE LOGO AND PROGRESS CIRCLE, THEN WENT TO SHUT DOWN ABRUPTLY.
 ATTEMPTS:
1- WE  STARTED UP AGAIN FROM THE INSTALLER DVD TO GET TO THE DISK UTILITY. AFTER RUNNING VERIFY AND REPAIR THIS WAS THE MESSAGE:
checking catalog file
Keys out of order
..Rebuilding catalog B-Tree
volume HD cannot be repaired.



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[+][-]05.04.2008 at 10:30AM PDT, ID: 21496303

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Zones: Tiger (Mac OS 10.4), Apple Laptop, Leopard (MAC OS 10.5)
Tags: macintosh, tiger, 10.4, catalog b-tree keys out of order
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