10.5.6 hangs on installation

whats the difference between the combo updater and the regular one?

I assume the combo installs everything from 10.5.1-.6?

Why would i do that if i dont need it?

I was unable to find a 10.5.6 combo update.
Can anyone provide a direct link please?

There it is:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10-5-6_ComboUpdate

But you don't really need that update... all you need is the simple update (smaller file):

http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10-5-6Update

I did it this morning and it worked for me.

If by 7 macs you are referring to my situation from my earlier post... I have only tried the update on one and will not try another before identifying the cause of the problem. At this time it could be anything although I do believe the problem is with the update.

I had the exact same hang as posted here on my iMac 3.0Ghz machine. The solution for me was to first remove the update files from

<your hard drive>/Library/Updates/Mac OS X Update/Packages/*

In my case the update files were only 45M instead of the 190M that the updater indicated. After removing the files and running software update again, the install went flawlessly after the updated re-downloaded the proper size update.

The method for removing the botched download of the update is approximate; please be careful! And, credit goes to "redstain" who posted how to do this in this thread (near the bottom at the time of this posting):

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1722225&tstart=15

Opps. I see your comment referred to another. I guess this problem is getting on my nerves. I am downloading the updater per link above and will post results in 10m minutes.

I had the same problem with "software update". I too was able to update by downloading from the web site, and running the install.

No luck either on my PMG4. I'll run Onyx and try again later.

My iMac updated no problem but the macbook is stuck too during installation

It worked for me. Sorry, I didn't pay attention to how much space it said it wanted.

I downloaded the update manually (vice using Software Update), and it worked without any issue.

I wonder if the Software Update application is having trouble identifying the proper Delta package. Maybe they needed to update the Software Update application. I remember a Software Update update a few months ago...

I'm having the same problem - and notice the same thing, the download is 45mb and it hangs on "configuration." Thanks for the hint - I'm repairing permissions (just in case), deleting the image that is the wrong size and running update again.

Fingers crossed...

Mike

hi, the same thing happened to me on my original macbook (1st gen 1.83ghz). I had to restart by holding the powerbutton. After doing this it says that my airport card is not installed (i also checked my devices list and under airport it says no information). i then updated using the 10.5.6 combo file which i dl'ed using my pc. my computer is now 10.5.6 but now my airport doesnt work. how can i fix this??

My Mac Pro breezed through the System Update installation of 10.5.6. My MacBook Pro hung at the configure portion of the installation, twice. I downloaded the combo installer and the installation went fine on the MacBook Pro.

Hey Apple... This type of crap is the reason I no longer use a Windows machine. Please don't fall into the Microsoft way of things. I don't want to look for another alternative to computer idiocy. For God's sake, both the machines and the software are your creations.

Thanks for the link.
The stand alone 10.5.6 updater worked perfectly for me.

IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE 10.5.6 Software Updater then DOWNLOAD THE STAND ALONE version identified above. It resolves the problems for me on several different machines.

Thanks to all participating in this discussion.

NO THANKS TO APPLE for the time I had to waste this morning.

How about new displays Apple? 🙂