[Dave Baxter]

I came in this morning and no Macs could log into the server (xserve), so I plugged a monitor into the server and at first it all seemed locked up but after a while it let me type the admin username and password in but then just sat there saying it was loging in. In the end I had to reset it, but now it just boots to a grey screen with a Apple in the middle.

I have booted off the OS X Server CD and ran Disk Utility, the verify comes up with the error "catalog file entry not found for extent" and then tells me to repair volume %@. I have run a repair a few times but it still comes up with the same error.

Any ideas ?

Dave

[mactechie]

Have you tried booting in Single user mode and running fsck?

I think that if you run it a few times you might get a little further than with Disk first aid. Silly observation, but you can also run disk first aid from the install CD

good luck

[Dave Baxter]

The sever will only boot to the grey screen with the darker grey apple in the middle.

How do I boot to Single User mode ?

How do I run things from the install CD ?

I can run Disk Utility as that is in the menu, when I boot the CD.

Dave