No start-up after latest Safari/Security update

Last night I updated Safari and the latest security patch per the automatic notification system. After the end of what appeared to be a successful install, I got the "Restart" dialog. Upon restart, the system begins to load until the grey screen with the grey spinning "wheel". At that point nothing further happens. After a forced-shutdown with the power switch, I ran Apple Disk Utility repair, Tech Tools and Drive Genius from my 2nd drive. Only Drive Genius found a "minor" error that it says it repaired. After shutting down and restarting from the "updated" drive again...SAME problem: System will not load. I have not changed the system in any way since my last Apple software update (weeks ago) and the machine has been running perfectly every day up until this point. Any ideas besides re-installing my entire system again?

I have a Dual 2.0 G5 and have experienced the same situation at least 3 times, going back into 10.3.X. I have a second internal drive that I keep a system on so that I can boot from it if I have a problem. After these occurrences, I would boot from the 2nd drive and run Disc Utility, only to find out that my main disc's directory catalog was beyond repair.
Usually if I let it sit (while stuck in boot mode) long enough it would eventually boot up, sort of healing itself. Afterwards, the boot process would be noticeably slower. I usually would just put it to sleep rather than shutting it down and it would awaken pretty quickly (as opposed to the long boot process). Ultimately, I would get tired of that and do a data backup, re-format the drive and perform a complete new install of all software. In fact, I just got finished doing that. I bought a new HD with the hopes that I maybe had a bad sector that was causing the directory to get corrupted. I am in the process of re-loading everything now.
I'm not really sure why this happens, but I know it does and, after following this board for a while, it appears to happen to a lot of us. The same problem seems to be described over and over. Many times, it is following an automatic Apple Software Update.
See if you can boot from your install disc and run Disc Utility to check your drive.
Jim C.

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