10.6.7 - Boot process hangs after update

Hi,
after upgrading to 10.6.7, the boot process gets stuck somehow. Booting in verbose mode shows nothing unusual. The last message printed is:
"launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist".
Any ideas what is going on here?

Hi,
yes, this did the trick. I took a while but the system came up correctly.
Thanks!

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============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
in partition 99 for .
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector 1 of
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sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: /dev/sda3 already mounted or sda3 busy
sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
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Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab
sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
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/dev/sda3 * 178,466,085 234,440,703 55,974,619 83 Linux
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Last edited by BelgiumArcher (2013-01-08 16:20:43)

I am sorry if I lost your confidence. I can't find any contradictory info in my post.
The Arch Wiki-Grub 2 says that you need to boot in UEFI before you can (re)install grub2.
As my live-cd won't boot in UEFI mode, the only option is that I make a live-usb stick and see if that one will boot in UEFI.
But in the end it is still strange that a software update breaks my Asus UEFI-boot.
I just found another unlucky guy with a simular problem. I'll try his solution tonight.
http://superuser.com/questions/372962/w … ot-manager
http://superuser.com/questions/376470/h … -grub2-efi
I will try the live-usb method and report on it later.

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Have tried resotring with same result.
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Hello Microsoft team,
my HYPER-V VM hangs after I did follow things:
First I mount an ISO file into my Windows 8.1 Enterprise host (e.g. drive letter X:)
Now I mount X: into my VM (gen. 1)
Then I lost connection to X: on my host (e.g. unmount X: on my host computer)
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Hello Gunnar,
What do you mean about the sentence ‘mount X: into my VM (gen. 1)’?
If I mount the Windows 8.1 ISO to drive H:, and then try to install the VM gen 1, it has no issues.
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Details:
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Chrome Version 30.0.1599.101

Sachin --
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The consistent one is when the login window first boots up, the second consistent hang is copying small files from folder to folder (even on the same boot drive!). Anyone have thoughts on specific preference files, or log files I can watch for? So far Leopard is getting a mediocre review.

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