Help! Fail to Repair Disk

Hello all. I was booting into Single User Mode (fsck) and then later booting from the G5 Install DVD, using Disk Utility:
Disk Utility failed to repair the disk
This is what it says in the dialog box:
(after the line)
Checking catalog file
illegal name in red
The volume xx could not be repaired
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
Repair attempted on 1 volume
1 volume could not be repaired
Although there doesn't seem to be anything "wrong" with my G5 at the moment, everything seems to be running smoothly. I only found this out after Photoshop froze and I thought I wanted to restart and use fsck to repair the disk.
Should I start worrying? Do I need to erase and reformat the disk to reinstall??
Thanks and cheers
Background Info: PowerG5 Quad 2.5GHz, OS X 10.4.5

Hi, howwow.
1. This is generally not good news. See "Disk Utility reports "Underlying task reported failure" when repairing a volume."
2. Check the SMART diagnostics for your drive. You can check your hard drive with Disk Utility's built-in ability to use SMART diagnostics: see "Mac OS X 10.4 Help: Checking a hard disk to see if it's going to fail" and "Disk Utility 10.5 Help: Checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk."
First, startup from your Tiger Install Disk (or Software Restore and Install disc if your Mac shipped with Tiger installed). Launch Disk Utility, then select the drive (device) not the volume(s) it contains in the left-pane of Disk Utility. For example, if the following were listed in the left pane of the Disk Utility window:
<pre>233.8 GB Maxtor 7L250S0
Macintosh HD</pre>The first line — 233.8 GB Maxtor 7L250S0 — is the device, i.e. the hard drive, and what you want to select. The second line, Macintosh HD listed below and indented from the first line, is a volume on that device.
If SMART diagnostics are available for that drive — and they should be for your Mac's internal hard drive that is its startup disk — you will see something like the following at the bottom of the Disk Utility window, below the left pane in which you selected the device: <pre>Disk Description : Maxtor 7L250S0 Total Capacity : 233.8 GB (251... Bytes)
Connection Bus : Serial ATA Status : Read/Write
Connection Type : Internal S.M.A.R.T. status : Verified
Connection ID : Device 0 "A (Upper)"</pre>The bit of interest is the S.M.A.R.T. Status field, if displayed.
3. If SMART reports that your hard drive has failed or is failing, your first order of business is to backup whatever you can.
If you have implemented a comprehensive backup and recovery solution, backup the affected disk. If not, see "Mac OS X: How to Back Up and Restore Your Files" for an emergency backup procedure you can use to backup your startup disk.
Once you recover your Mac from this problem, I recommend you implement a comprehensive backup and recovery solution. For advice on the backup and recovery solution I use, see my "Backup and Recovery" FAQ.
4. If the SMART diagnostics report the disk as Verified, after backing up your data, you can attempt to repair the disk using third-party utilities such as Alsoft Disk Warrior 3.x (DW3) and Micromat TechTool Pro version 4.1.x (TTP4).
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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