Why is verify allowed in FIrst Aide on 2.5GHZ DP but on my Quad?

on OS 10.4.6 both G5's i thought i was able to go to disc utility and once clicked, my route HD had verify not greyed out on my quad (i.e i could verify first aide NOT REPAIR it). I can on my 2.5GHZ DP get disk utility to allow me to verify in first aide but not on the Quad!
permissions are available on both.
this is all without booting off of an external disk.
same OS
whats wrong?

Hi Glenn;
It is simply a matter of using a bit of HTML
[img src="/___sbsstatic___/migration-images/migration-img-not-avail.png" alt="tiger" align="right"]
Replace the [ with a < and the ] with a >. I did this substitution so that you can see the HTML code.
You will have to put the gif file somewhere where everyone can reach it. I have mine loaded into my homepage on .MAC.
Allan
PowerMac G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.6) 7800 GT, 6.5 GB RAM, 440 GB, Nikon N80, Nikon D70, Nikon Coolscan 5000ED

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