Updating boot support partitions for the volume is required

Should have been done BEFORE installing 10.6.

The partition table map changed in 10.6 from what it was in earlier versions, and reason that at least for me I initialize drives after doing a backup and then install.

I strongly recommend having a small 30GB OS X volume for repairs maintenance and emergency use only instead of DVD which afterall will get old and left behind. Then add a bootable backup clone as well so you have a working system before you run repairs, updates, or install (you would still have an alternate system to work from).

The message is information only. But hopefully more stable now.

Do a favor, clone your system and set aside 30GB - maybe on that T/M drive - to run OS X from.

I have found that relying only on DVD, only on Apple Disk Repair, in the end, better to have on hand and use Disk Warrior (maybe DG3 or TTPro 5) in addition, and use one of those to test and repair/rebuild the directory.

You should have seen the message, should have run repairs, before upgrading. Sounds like this then was also the first time you even booted from DVD and used DU Disk Repair.

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/harddrives/index.html#d12aug2010

If the message is "Updating boot support partitions for the volume AS required," as in the sample below, all it means is Disk Utility is doing that as/if necessary. It's not an error message, and there's nothing you need to do.

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What's important is whether you got the "appears to be OK" message.

Yeah, I have pair of those, too!

hey pondini
4tb wd my book
could not verify, directed to go to repair
went thru repair,
"the volume my book was repaired successfully."
then
"volume repair complete."
then
"updating boot support partitions for the volume AS required."
seems like stalled on this step, so just leave it be and let it
do what it needs to?
can't access this 4tb drive i use for itunes
so i think since it says "updatING"
i should just leave it alone. yes?
and of course unfortunately i never backed up this drive
if i am able to repair this drive
what is your best backup recommendation?
thank you thank you.

I have the same problem as the post above -

External Lacie 1TB drive, 2 partitions (Windows and Mac)
Neither partitions are mounting, but able to see the HD and both partitions in Disk Utility as unmounted (cannot see on my laptop with 10.5.8 OS, but another one w/ 10.6.5)
directed to go to repair for both. Picked one and went thru repair, says
"the volume my book was repaired successfully."
then
"volume repair complete."
then
"updating boot support partitions for the volume AS required."
(No msg saying OK)
The bar at the bottom is moving along - "Verify and Repair volume [VOLUME NAME]". Hard drive appears to be churning, off and on, slow & fast, etc.
This has been going for quite a while, at least 45 mins.
Do I just leave it be or stop it? Is it stuck? How long should this take? Am I doing more harm by leaving it on this step?

Please help, as this data is not backed up anywhere else.

Thank you.

Hi, posting to the end of an older, "answered" thread (green star) won't get much attention. Much better to start a new topic and explain from the beginning what's been happening.

Thanks for the advice on posting to a new forum. However, I just waited and eventually the process finished and the disk mounted and showed up (both partitions).