Mountain lion fails after install

Anybody have any solutions to Apples debacle on Mtn lion install issues? After attempting to install twice, all i get is the spinny clock and my imac quad core i7 never boots. Ran disk utility before I ever installed, and ran it twice after in recovery mode. No problems on internal drive. DVD drive seems to have mysteriously bought the farm though. Booted in verbose and I did get one error mentioning boot cahce control undnable to open no such file or directory. Thought that was from the old days of leopard. Argghh...

Update
Took my imac to Genius bar and they could not solve the problem either. So they wiped the drive and reinstalled Mtn lion 10.8 via net boot. Problem solved? Well, yes up until I did system update 10.8.1 and right back into the fire again. Same problem of not booting. Holding down shift key didnt fix it either. Back to Apple which said don't update to 10.8.1, wait until 10.8.2. They are seeing system hangs. Think I will go back to Snow Kitty. Mtn lion is not ready for prime time yet.

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