[iBook] Installed security update now iBook will not boot

[James Paul Manley]

I would be willing to bet that disk utility would fix it. First  
repair permissions then disk first aid. All these are on your OS  
install disks.

Give it a try.
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James Paul Manley
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On Aug 12, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Mary H. wrote:

> At 9:04 AM -0700 8/12/06, Robert Crawford wrote:
>
>> It still is not booting. I tried booting with cmd-v. It gave me no  
>> messages.
>> I tried doing an OS reinstall. I got the message, "there were errors
>> installing the software." I then ran disk utility and got sever al  
>> red
>> errors with fsck.
>
> This indicates that the file directory was messed up.
>
>> I then tried a delete and reinstall
>
> Do you mean that you erased the drive and then tried to install a  
> fresh copy of OS X? Completely erasing and then installing should  
> work for you, unless you have a mechanical problem with your drive.
>
>> The Apple Hardware Test disk is telling me that there is no mass  
>> storage
>> device found (it also failed to see my USB mouse). Is it possible  
>> that this
>> update killed my hard drive?
>
> Software updates can't damage drives. They can however expose  
> previously existing corruption of the installed system.
>
>  M
>
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