Unsuccessful Software Update :-(

[Michael Stearne]

On 3/17/07, 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.  I can't connect with
> Server Admin or login to the machine directly (since there is no
> login screen) or remotely (it will accept the ssh but the password
> doesn't work).

Ashley the same thing happened to me yesterday.  What I did was
download the update on another Mac.  Boot the broken machine in Target
Disk Mode and then from the working machine install the update to the
Firewire drive (the broken machine).  This worked for me and I was
experiencing the same problem.

Michael