HELP!!! my computer keeps crashing

[DOTSmusic]

I have a Power Mac G4 which i am running using OS9.

my problem is that every 10 to 15 minutes my computer keeps freezing up on me.

i tried to fix the problem using the Disk First Aid on my Mac but it only says

Problem: Invalid PEOF , 124292, 1393
Test Done. problems were found, but Disk First Aid cannot repair them.

what in the world is a PEOF and is their any possible way for me to fix this error?

[GROOVE VICTIM]

Go to your extentions manager and try to reduce the amount of extention loading on your computer. You can also use the extention manager to try and pin point when your computer locks up.

Peace

[Digiman]

Don't know what version of 9 you are running but if its 9.0, its pretty unstable. You might want to try 9.2.2.

[Digiman]

In fact, you'd probably be better posting the same post on the apple discussion board

Apple Discussion (http://discussions.info.apple.com/)

Where there are loads of apple experts who can't wait to show off their knowledge!

[DOTSmusic]

;)

[darrow]

From Apple's Support site...

An "invalid PEOF" is an invalid Physical End Of File.

This error means Disk First Aid found a problem with the length of a particular file and cannot fix it. Macintosh files have two end of file markers -- a Logical End Of File (LEOF) and a Physical End Of File (PEOF). The logical end of file is the number of bytes allocated to data in a file. The physical end of file is the number of bytes currently allocated to the whole file.

The Macintosh allocates "blocks" of space to files on a volume (disk) for efficiency in reading/writing the files. The block size varies depending on the volume size. Most files never completely fill up their allocated blocks.

For example, if a given block size for a volume is set to 512K bytes and a file is allocated 2 blocks (1024 bytes total in file), a file with 650 bytes of data would have an LEOF of 650 and a PEOF of 1024, as this diagram illustrates:
/ +-----------+ 1024K <--- PEOF
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
FILE < +-----------+ 650K <--- LEOF
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | DATA |
| | |
| | |
| | |
\ +-----------+ 0K

If the PEOF is less than the LEOF, then problems with reading a file may occur. Disk First Aid is finding a PEOF allocation problem. Of course, if this problem is in the Desktop files or the System file, then system crashes and other anomalies may result.

If Disk First Aid cannot repair the problem, you should consider backing up the data and reformatting the drive -- even if other utilities give the drive a clean bill of health. Each disk utility program is good at finding different problems. Trusting your data to only one utility is never wise. The conflicting reports are usually a sign that something is wrong with the file system and it needs to be fixed.