Updated 10.4.8 via software update, won't boot

[jozeph78]

Hi. I just got my Dell 9300 running with everyting except the Intell 2200 card (I was close). I have to say, it's pretty cool and I couldn't have done it without information found on these forums. I'm glad they exist, thanks.

 

 

So I go to the update software section and get the 6 updates that were available. i don't know what they were exactly. One was Java 5 update, and the other's seemed benign but they would be whatever the default downloads for a fresh 10.4.8 install would be. After updating, my puter keeps restarting right after "Loading Darwin/x86" is displayed. If I hold F8 I can get the boot menu. I select -v but it reboots before I can get any of the info. Even -s fails to get me to a prompt.

 

I know I should have checked here to determine what updates are safe, I will in the future. For now I'm most interested in determining what broke and was wondering if there was a way I could boot to see what when wrong. I don't care if I have to reinstall, I've done that 5 times today already. I'm just curious on how to figure out what been broken and see if I could save the installation.

 

THanks in advance.

[iamtheoneneo]

you cant update it through mac osx. you need to reinstall from scratch.

[mac2pc]

copy match_kernel to your root disk from active instalation and replace extensions folder with one from system running ok

repaire permissions

chown - R root:wheel /system/library/extensions/

and reboot

your system is repaired

[Silthrim]

I'm sorry but why do people do this >< lol its almost a no brainer. DO NOT USE APPLE OS X UPDATES.

[Mutant]

Hey jozeph78,

You are not alon at this planet! When I wrote this thread, I thought I wrote it.

 

I made completeley same mistake like you. So now I am trying to reinstall everything. :-((

[lord_muad_dib]

@mac2pc: only permission repair is unuseful, you need to replace several files.. an installation from scratch is advisable

[Zizou]

well, if the wrong kernel is in place you can't even boot to -s.

 

the TPM check and all, missing EFI and whatever should stop you from.

 

you can only replace the kernel from using the one on your OSX install dvd.. But I recommend you re-install your system.

[tjarven]

Probebly you get 10.4.9 update that's failure you system.

Never update your system with this kind of heavy update package.

[Dellius]

What about the Java update? Is it safe to install ? Anybody tried it? What about the X11 update ? Are they going to destroy the system?