1 HFS volume needs repair -- can't boot from OS X Tiger "kernel panic"

I just searched the support discussions and did find an answer so hopefully someone can help me. Today I ran Disk Utility on both my G4 powerbook and G5 desktop. Both have Tiger 10.4.8 on them and have been running good. To my surprise both came back with a message saying:
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair.
So I booted off my Tiger start up disk on the laptop first and went to utility and repair disk and all was good. The message came back that the volume was repaired.
When I tried to do the same thing on my G5 desktop my computer went to a gray screen and gave an error of “kernel panic” with a page long message. I shut the computer down and rebooted normally and all was fine. I then went back to disk utility and clicked on Verify Disk again to see what it said and here is what I got:
Verifying volume “MacOS250”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Illegal name_
Illegal name_
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume MacOS250 needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
So i noticed that under:
Checking Catalog file.
Illegal name_
Illegal name_
came back twice. I have no idea what this means. At this point I tried to boot from DiskWarrior and the computer just sat in a state of limbo for an hour or so. I know DW can take some time but 1 hour was pushing my patients so I shut it down and rebooted normally and all was fine again except I still get the message above. I then methodically backed up all my docs, movies, photos etc to my second hard drive. I tried to boot again from Tiger and got the same “kernel panic” message. Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Tim
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Maverick922 Before you erase, you might want to try and run fsck first even though it says you are using HFS+
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Another reason is your version of disk utility on the Tiger disk might may not match the newer version of 10.4.8 My Tiger start-up disk utility is 10.5 while the OS X version on my HD is 10.5.6.
The Finder along with other applications do not like you naming a file with a period in front of it. This turns it into a Unix dotfile and it then becomes hidden.Hence, illegal name.This may have been done by accident or with purpose.
And a little more to read up on, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672
If these don't help, sherry johnson's suggestion is probably the next step.

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Hi Nvrdan1de, and a warm welcome to the forums!
You cannot repair the HD you're booted from, "Try Disk Utility
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2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, *you must select your language first.)*
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392
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Yes, you can delete it, but it indicates a bigger concern namely your maintenance scripts aren't running regularly to clean up the logs or you have a problem in the system or an application that is writing huge amounts of information constantly into the log file. You should check the log using the Console application (Utilities folder) and examine its content to see if this is the case.
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Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
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1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
6. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - 3.0 is a Universal Binary)
7. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
8. Data Backup (Commercial)
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1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
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Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
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Slight Panic - Volume Needs Repair

Ok, so I am in a bit of a panic mode here right now. I started hearing a whine from my system hard drive today, so I backed it up and ran Disk Utility's "Verify Disk" option on it as a first step. Disk Utility tells me that there is a minor error and that the volume needs repair. Great. No problem. Except my machine refuses to start from the system DVD's that came with my G5. It's a revision A, so it came with Panther on it, but should that make a difference? I get as far as the blue screen when trying to boot from the CD and then it freezes. What are my options here? I need to repair this drive and see if the whining problem disappears and it comes back verified clean. HELP!?
EDIT: The error that comes back is: Volume Header needs minor repair. The volume MacintoshHD needs to be repaired. Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit.
Just moved this from the G4 forum. Didn't realize that's where it was! LOL. See what panic does?

So, I went with Bmer and the fsck option. I ended up
having to use the -f command rather than -y, not sure
why. It said it has something to do with the volume
being journaled. At any rate, after locating the
problem, it repaired itself and all is back to good!!
I ran disk utility immediately upon restart and the
volume passed. In addition, the whining that made
me feel like I was at a loud rock concert last night
is now gone as well. THANKS, BMER!!
Your welcome! I always recommend running fsck too after "forcing" your computer to restart after a crash. Your HD directory can get messed up and add to the original problem.
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