Help! -sh: /etc/profile: is a directory!

My PowerBook was locked, so I hold down the power button to reboot and this come up:
-sh: /etc/profile: is a directory
-sh-2.05b#
I have read some posts on this forum, I got to the part where I type fsck -y, showed:
/dev/rdisk0s5
Root file system
Checking HFS Plus volume.
fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
so I typed fsk -f, this showed:
/dev/rdisk0s5
Root file system
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid record count
(4, 12)
Volume check failed.
Can anyone help? any help will be appreciated...
Message was edited by: lxxl

Hello and thanks for replying so quickly,
Well I got an install disk and I rebooted with C holding down, but here comes another problem, I got the panic:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002E0BF4): Unable to find driver for this platform: "PowerBook3,5".
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00099EA4 0x0009A860 0x00027A28 0x002E0BF4 0x002BCC60 0x002BDDB0 0x002BFC28 0x002BED3C
0x000ADE14
Procedding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x0125EA00)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.6.2: Thu Apr 13 18:51:54 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.9.59.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
No debugger configured - dumping debug information
MSR=00001030
Lastest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00099EA4 0x0009AA58 0x00027A28 0x002E0BF4 0x002BCC60 0x002BDDB0 0x002BFC28 0x002BED3C
0x000ADE14
Procedding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x0125EA00)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.6.2: Thu Apr 13 18:51:54 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.9.59.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic: We are hanging here...
Message was edited by: lxxl

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