I need to access Disk Utility on the dvd os 10.5. however the macbook is not accepting the dvd, just ejects it. about a month ago I updated to 10.6.8 snow leopard and wondering if this update is not accepting the 10.5 installation dvd.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), ~ Macbookie ~ Dead Classic iPod
If you are using 10.6.8 then why do you need to use an old version of Disk Utility on a Leopard installer DVD?
Are you inserting the disk while booted into Snow Leopard (this normally should not be an issue)?
I lost my leopard disc. I have the 10.5 install disc and figure it might work. it doesn't. I use the Startup Disk in sytems prefs but doesn't work. is disk utility 10.5 not useable in 10.6.8?
10.5 is Leopard, so I assume you meant you lost your Snow Leopard disc. But for what do you need to used Disk Utility? You can repair permissions without the DVD, but you cannot repair the hard drive unless you boot from something other than the disk you are now using - the startup disk.
We really can't help much unless you tell us what is actually your problem.
ok I lost or can't find the snow leopard installtion disc. I have the 10.5 install disc. I need to use the disk utility on the 10.5 install disc to do a disc repair, not permissions repair. I am using the startup disk in system prefs to switch to the install disc but this macbook is not allowing that, just ejects the disc.
With the CD in, shut down, reboot, and hold the "C" key to boot to the CD.
Then do this instead. Don't use the Leopard disc.
Boot into single-user mode. After startup is completed you will be in command line mode and should see a prompt with a cursor positioned after it. At the prompt enter the following then press RETURN:
/sbin/mount -uw /
/sbin/fsck -fy
If you receive a message that says "***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****" then re-run the command until you receive a message that says "** The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OK." If you re-run the command more than seven times and do not get the OK message, then the drive cannot be repaired this way. If you were successful then enter:
reboot
and press RETURN to restart the computer.
I suggest your print out these instructions and be sure you enter them correctly. Mind where there are spaces.
ok stand by folks. see what happens...
I entered the command lines as suggested but two messages came on;
The volume macintosh hd cannot be repaired when it is in use.
The volume macintosh hd could not be repaired.
in use? I shut everything down and restarted to single-user mode. what application or program is in use?
Try using just the fsck -fy command after restarting in single-user mode.
volume hd repaired successfully! thanks everyone, thanks Kappy!
Hey I happen to be in the same exact position! I need to repair my volume hd in my 10.6.8 but I lost the DVD too, and I have the 10.5 one. How did it work for you? I asked here and they told me doing that would downgrade my computer to 10.5 and that I would have to buy the 10.6 DVD.
See method Kappy described, to perform the task without using the incorrect
install-restore DVD, (since you can't boot from a 10.5 install DVD to use that
version of Disk Utility, to repair an existing 10.6.8 system) the prescribed path
says to use Single user mode; that original link (in blue, in that post) fails now.
For instructions to perform access as suggested in above answer, see this link:
•Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode - Apple Support
To see how that may play into the overall picture, if you have no command-line
or single-user mode experience, you may have a learning curve. See basics:
http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/mac-startup-options/
Troubleshooting startup issues, resolving some, or see Specialist/genius.
•Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup - Apple Support
Or you could contact Apple sales online or main site, to purchase new retail
Snow Leopard 10.6 DVD; you'd need to tell the operating system specialist
your computer's serial number to be sure it would be a correct match. ($20)
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Good luck & happy computing! 🙂
volume hd repaired succesfully! thanks so much for the summary K Shaffer
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