Need to repair volume but no repair option available

This started when I tried to update iTunes to 7.0.2 so that I can use my iPod. Basically iTunes won't install so I verified and repaired permissions, (still wouldn't all the upgrade). So, I verified the disk and received the following msg:
Invalid sibling link
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
...yet there is no "Repair" option available. Can anyone point me in a direction here?

You cannot repair the active startup disk. You can either boot from another disk that has Mac OS X on it, boot from the Mac OS X Installation CD/DVD, or boot into single-user mode.
To boot from the Mac OS X Installation CD/DVD, place the CD/DVD in the drive, reboot and when you hear the startup chime either:
- Hold down the 'C' key to try to automatically boot from the CD/DVD drive.
- Hold down the 'option' key to load the Boot manager. You can click on a small icon of the Mac OS X CD/DVD and click the forward arrow button to boot from it.
Once the Mac OS X Installation CD/DVD loads, you can run Disk Utility to repair your disk.
To boot into Single User Mode, reboot your computer and hold down the 'command' and 'S' keys when you hear the startup chime. Keep holding them down until you see white text scrolling across a black background. When it stops, you will see at the bottom a command prompt ending with the # character. Type the following command:
/sbin/fsck -fy
fsck will go through several phases where you will see various bits of verification information and other informative bits. If, when it finishes, you see the message:
** The volume (nameofvolume) appears to be OK
You can reboot your computer by enterin the command:
reboot
If, on the other hand, you see the message
*** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***
You should re-run the above fsck command until it no longer reports this message. Reboot your computer when you are finished.

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fsck -fy
and press return (note the space between k and the hyphen),
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