Grey screen normal after update??

I just downloaded the 10.7.2 update, as it was restarting the grey screen remains. It's been there for over 2 hours, not booting up. Is this normal? How long should I expect the grey screen to remain? Thanks for your help. I'm new to Macs....

No, it's not normal. Force a reboot by holding down the power button until the screen goes dark, then pressing it again briefly. If you still can't boot within a few minutes, try a safe boot (shift key.) If that doesn't work either, boot from your recovery partition (command-R) and either restore from your last Time Machine backup or reinstall Lion. I'm assuming you do have backups of some kind. If not, you may be in big trouble.

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