10.4.8 update freezes system

I just tried to update to 10.4.8 - some funny stuff happened. Upon completion of the update, I got a message saying something to the effect of "this update did not install completely".
Upon automatically restarting the machine, it goes into a loop where it never quite restarts and just recycles the desktop again and again.
I turn off the machine completely using the power button. Upon boot, the system goes through the grey screen showing the status wheel, then come to the status page with the blue progress load bar.
The load bar is blank and the system just hangs in this state permanently.
I turn off using the power button and am met with the same circumstances as described above.
Help greatly appreciated.

Follow the directions here to repair the directory and permissions and see if that improves matters*:
http://www.macmaps.com/directoryfaq.html
If not, try also zapping the PRAM:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
If after those don't work, let us know and we can try something else.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation

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I have one user whose ZAC update just stops at the same point every time.
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that it is opening (and not closing) more files than allowed by operating
system (I think I've seen that one before). But basically the symptom is
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should not be a problem). It works fine for all other users.
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Ivan,
I've spoken with our technical support folks and I asked that you give us
another try. Someone should be able to answer your ZAC questions when you
reconnect with them.
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Michael Girdley
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"Ivan N. Zhidov" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:3a22c1e1$[email protected]..
Some time ago I posted a couple of questions/wishes about ZAC andbasically
the response was that it is not going to get that much support. Well now I
think ZAC is no longer a existing functionality of WebLogic and my opinion
should be put into 'as-is' or 'use at your own risk' category. Since my
recent post about a problem I'm having with ZAC (see ZAC update freezes)was
unanswered (I totally understand that, a newsgroup is not the main support
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about five minutes to convince the rep that ZAC is a feature of WebLogicand
not a third party product since they have NEVER heard of it. Second, ittook
another three minutes to confirm that it is a WebLogic fetaure and when I
asked about when I should expect a callback I was told if I didn't receive
the call within a couple of days to call them again. Now, I filed the case
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Ipod update freeze, firewire problem, possible fix for many.

Hello all,
I've been having a problem with my ipod 3rd gen updating in much the same way as many in this forum have throughout a number of topic threads.
PROBLEM:
During song/playlist/content (not software update or restore) updating function one of two things would happen:
- update would freeze at some point of the transfer (5, 74, 687 songs in to the update) and I would have to force quite itunes and, not being able to dismount the ipod through recommended procedure, I would physically dismount the ipod and receive a scolding for improper dismounting of device.
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In each of the above cases, no matter how many songs that itunes thought it had transferred, I would only have about a dozen songs on the ipod itself, perhaps indicating a bottleneck on the G4 end of the transfer.
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- disconnected power cable from G4 (for laptops I would guess that the battery would need to be removed, not sure if that causes any other problems though, please research)and let sit for about 30 minutes.
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LINKS:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?128@@.68bb1cb3
Dale Weisshaar, "Security Update killed my firewire ports" #1, 08:28pm Sep 27, 2005 CDT
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GKE

This worked perfectly for me!!!
SOMEBODY PLEASE TAG THIS POST!!!
i have had the problem that everyone has posted about (i.e. - updated iTunes/iPod software and had the update/freeze problem, tried all solutions, to no avail, and was pretty much screwed.)
JUST DO EXACTLY WHAT HE SAYS TO DO (powermac g5, by the way):
1) power down the computer
2) unplug EVERYTHING (usb, firewire, power, monitor, etc.)
3) leave unplugged for 30 minutes
4) plug power back in
5) power up from main power button
6) wait for computer to start back up, then shut down from power button
7) plug everything back in and power up
8) restart once more for good measure
9) update your ipod
10) take a sigh of relief!
you are seriously a godsend...only one thing...I BOUGHT A NEW ONE ALREADY!!! i literally bought it the day that you posted this solution. After a month and a half of trying to fix this problem, i finally gave up and bought a 20GB iPod Photo with applecare...cost me about $380.
no matter, i think i'm gonna sell my "older" ipod to my mom or dad. they'll use it doing whatever they do. plus, that way, if there's any problem, i can fix it for them without feeling bad about screwing over some stranger.
thanks again, this solution worked perfectly.

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