Load of /sbin/launchd failed, errno88 - revisited

Hi,
I am looking for a solution to what seems to be a fairly frequently occuring problem.
Software Update ran on my MacBook, failed to download/install some OS update (I think it was 11), told me to reboot, when I rebooted, I got the apple logo and a spinning wheel.
Verbose mode gives me /sbin/launchd failed, errno 88.
Can't log in via Single User mode, same reason - stops at /sbin/launchd failed, never get to the prompt.
Ran fsck in target mode as a sudo (that, and diskutil, and fsck_hfs - all came back that my volume was fine). http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214 on using those commands
Can't boot to my installation DVD to fix it as was described in http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1250841&tstart=75
Nor can I see the CD option when I boot with Option key, nor shift-option-command-delete (is that still supposed to work on the new Wintels?)
However, I can access my slot loader if I boot my MacBook in target mode onto another Mac (unfortunately, it's not a Wintel Mac, so I can't run the Installer on it to reinstall the upgrade and hopefully fix my Mac).
Why can I access my CD drive from another machine in target mode, but not from my machine when trying to reboot from the installation disk? I think if I could get the machine to boot from CD, I could finish the upgrade (which is already downloaded and on my MacBook, I just can't install it), and hopefully that'll get 'er done.
Any ideas / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards.

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