Disk Utility won't repair the disk.  Now the computer won't startup.

Had been having a few problems with my G5 iMac so I restarted with the Leopard disk and attempted a repair with disk utility. The repair came to a halt with a message indicating that the repair couldn't continue. After that, the repair buttons were no longer highlighted, only the verify buttons were highlighted. I attempted to restart the computer from the internal drive, but now it only gets to the point of the Apple logo appearing and then it shuts down. I even attempted to reinstall Leopard, but the only option that is highlighted would erase all data from the drive. I ran a hardware test and it showed no problems. I have tried Disk Warrior and Drive Genius 2. The computer will boot from the disks, but repairs cannot be made. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I don't know if this will change the ultimate prognosis, but when I use Disk Utility in an attempt to repair the disk, I get the following message:
Invalid B-tree node size
Volume check failed.

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