Unsuccessful Software Update :-(

[Finlay Dobbie]

On 17/03/07, Ashley Aitken <mrhatken at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Howdy All,
>
> It seems I am up the creek without a paddle.
>
> I have had an unsuccessful software update of Mac OS X Server (10.4.6
> to 10.4.9).  It has left the machine without a whole lot of system
> files (I believe).  It can boot until the boot startup / progress bar
> screen but it stops there.  Interestingly the mail server seems to
> continue to work but the Web server doesn't.

This may well be a manifestation of
<http://www.unsanity.org/archives/mac_os_x/shock_and_awe.php>. What
does a verbose boot say?

 -- Finlay