Kernel message screen of death help

[Mellingerlocke]

The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Verifying volume “The Love Machine”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid key length
The volume The Love Machine needs to be repaired.

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


Disk Utility stopped verifying “The Love Machine” because the following error was encountered:

The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair




Any idea what this means? I started getting Kernel messages and eventually had my hard drive replaced. Then I started getting them again with this message when I tried running disk utility. Any ideas?

 

[Rampant.A.I.]

Did you run the disk repair utility after starting up from the disk, i.e. holding the "C" key on startup, or after starting up normally?

Sorry to say, but it does sound like you need a new HD, but I would schedule a Genius Bar appointment and see if they can't repair the drive there first.

 

[Mellingerlocke]

I get the same disk utility error no matter when I run the program. Also, the kernel errors seem to occur randomly. I just had the HD replaced no more than three weeks ago, this doesn't make sense. My Microphone stopped working too.

 

[i.shaun]

Have you booted into safe mode or whatever it's called to check the disk from there? I had to do it once and it fixed errors that disk utility failed to.

Check this thread for instructions: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5772519#post5772519

here Here about starting in Single User Mode

 

[Mellingerlocke]

It won't start up in Safe mode. Every time I try it just turns itself off in the middle of the boot process. I'll single user mode.

 

[Rampant.A.I.]

Since there's something fundamentally wrong with the HD your system software is on, that's why I was saying you should try booting it up from the Hardware Test CD.

Single user mode is still booting from the the hard drive that you already know has problems, just like booting in safe mode.

If you don't have the Hardware Test CD, you might need to take it to Apple and have it booted from one of their diagnostic HD's.