computer crashed during OS update

[Roadie]

not sure what do here. heres the situation:

While installing the latest OS update through Software Update, the computer crashed. Now when the computer tries to boot i get error messages saying:

disk0s10:0x8 (UNDEFINED).
disk0s10:0x8 (UNDEFINED).
disk0s10:0x8 (UNDEFINED).
/etc/master.passwd.  No such file or directory.
disk0s10:0x8 (UNDEFINED).
disk0s10:0x8 (UNDEFINED).
/etc/master.passwd.  No such file or directory.
disk0s10:0x8 (UNDEFINED).
disk0s10:0x8 (UNDEFINED).
-sh-2.05b#

Heres what I have tried:

• Restarting from the Panther Install CD and trying Disk Repair. No luck, I get error messages saying that the volume cannot be repaired
• Trying to reinstall panther from the CD....no good. I get error messages saying there was an error installing the software.

any ideas on what to do next?

 

[Roadie]

oh yeah, i also tried going into rest password formt he startup disk, but the hard drive wont show up in the list of volumes, only the install cd.

 

[Viro]

If you have Diskwarrior, try running that. If that fails, I think there is nothing you can do but a clean reinstall.

 

[fryke]

you could also try to 'upgrade' to 10.3 and then apply the updates again. see if it lets you upgrade. sometimes it does...

 

[j2603]

I had a problem too, it was hanging with the message - waiting for local disks... so I had to reboot and then it went well.