10.4.11 update Problem unable to get to Log In screen

Updated the G5 at my work from 10.4.10 to 10.4.11 and after the restart it would get up to the "Starting Mac OS X..." screen, bar going all the way across/still animated and just hang there, never getting to the Log In Window. I let it sit for 10 minutes at that point and nothing further. I repaired permissions & shut down all open apps prior to installing the update. Just didn't do the cardinal rule of backing up prior to the update.
Tried verifying/repairing the HD using Applejack & clearing out caches/prefs/VM etc.. with no success.
Booted from a retail Tiger Disc to repair permissions & verify the HD (it checked out OK, sees the 10.4.11 OS on it & is bootable as a startup disc), no success either - again, hanging at the Starting Mac OS X screen, with the bar going all the way across.
Ended up re-installing Tiger on a spare internal HD & importing all users/apps/settings etc.. to get it going again.
Others at work installed the update with no problems on similar (albeit faster) machines. Puzzling & frustrating... This machine is pretty clean, I don't run any 3rd party plug-ins or oddball shareware.

Update on the G5 & 10.4.11 update that trashed my main drive...
From the new Tiger install on the spare drive, I DL'ed the 10.4.11 Combo (PPC) update and ran it on the main drive and now it's back up & working fine.
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