Mac boots to console, AuthorizationRef, Setup Assistant and IFCStart

Hello!
My mac suddenly booted into console only.
The system.log stated 'AuthorizationRef doesn't have a username' and 'ifcstart crashed'.
After reading related posts I renamed local.nidb to local.nidb.bad, to no avail.
The mac just hangs with a blue screen.
system.log states:
(Login.m:1867) Failed to launch /System/Library/CoreServices/Setup Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Setup Assistant (error 5)
crashdump(137): ifcstart crashed
crashdump(142): crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ifcstart.crash.log
SystemStarter[68): IFC (135) did not complete successfully
crashdump(142): Finder crashed
SystemStarter(68): The following StartupItems failed to properly start:
SystemStarter(68): /System/Library/StartupItems/IFCStart
SystemStarter(68): - executen of Startup script failed
crashdump(142): crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
ifcstart.crash.log:
Command: ifcstart
Path: /usr/libexec/ifcstart
Link (dyld) error:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/NavigationSevices.framew ork/Versions/A/NavigationServices
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/NavigationSevices.framew ork/Versions/A/NavigationServices: unknown file type, first eight bytes: ...
German OS X 10.4.11
Permissions repaired.
DiskWarrior reports no critical things.
fsck completes successfully.
removing the caches didn't help.
SetupAssistant is where it should be.
Thanks for any help!

Hi
Can you target disk mode this mac to another mac? If yes then backup any critical data you need. I would not bother copying applications as it would be best if you reinstalled them instead. Thats if there is data already on the drive? The information being logged seems to indicate this is a fresh install? The Setup Assistant can't launch and other bootstrap processes are failing because of this.
Can you boot OK from the Installer disk or does it still go into console when you do try?
If it boots OK simply reformat and reinstall. Its possible that the internal hard drive is having a problem, possibly reformatting the drive may get you over the problem or may an indicate an issue with the drive that a replacement drive will cure. If you are still having problems then maybe it may be a deeper problem. Depending on which mac it is sometimes the IDE or SATA cable that connects the drive to the main board develops a problem. In which case the drive should not require replacing. These sorts of problems are better diagnosed and repaired if you take your mac to your nearest authorized repair specialist. If its under warranty and it turns out to be a warranty repair then you should pay nothing.
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