None of the updates could be installed. Kernel panic

Hi there people

I too have succumbed to this very annoying problem

BUT

everytime I try to reinstall Lion via the download option, the bar gets towards the end (after a few long hours)

and never completes. The remaining time just jumps up to Xhours and stays there........I've cancelled and restarted the installation, everytime it just lingers towards the end, making no progress. Driving me crazy

Anyone else having this problem?

I had to reinstall from my original macbook pro dvs which was Snow Leopard, run the software update to bring it upto 10.6.8, then use the app store to download and install lion and then patch it to 10.7.4

As I had installed the server tools it had my hard drive as server startup drive so I had to reformat the hard drive first, but I was able to boot up from my backup via Superduper first to copy across any changes since the last backup first. Just now reinstalling all my apps and data

Hi there,

So in theory I can install also from my Snow Leopard disc, and go through the updates to Lion,

but my files etc should be retained?

I haven't used Server tools etc....

Your files would be gone. You have to integrate your last Time Machine back-up.

I did that and it worked for me (though I have an IMac that was originally had SL and I didn't have to reinstall that before updating to Lion all over again like some of you guys had). For me reinstalling Lion and integrating Time Machine worked and thankfully, I lost very little data that I cannot replace.

So to be sure

if I went backwards to Snow Leopard - my files are gone (as I have no time-machine backup)

if I try to continue with the 'auto' Lion reinstall - my files should be 'safe'.....

Trouble is, when the remaining download times stays at 7 hours, overnight.....surely it's not working?

Anyone had more patience than me with regards to the download re-install?

There are conflicting reports on whether your files will still be there. Apparently, some people still had their files after reinstalling while others didn't.

Talked to Apple Care on the phone last night and they recommended Re-install/Time Machine just like I did. So iif you have a back-up, I recommend you use it.

Fingers crossed you get everything installed and experience no loss of files! 🙂

Sounds like a dream 🙂

Well, perhaps when I return from work it'll be alright,

however - I can't help thinking that my computer will go to sleep, and somehow ruin the download etc

It's that or attempting the ComboUpdate via Target mode

Hi Boris

I'm having that problem too. I was reinstalling yesterday. It got near the end and the remaining time was 7 hours and 14 minutes. I went to meetings came back four hours later and nothing changed.

I canceled and tried again. The bar got to the same point displayed 27 minutes remaining then jumped to 5 hours 44 minutes remaining. I went to bed, woke up 8 hours later and no change.

:/ Oh Apple

Eeeeexactly....

I'm going to have try the Combo update later by *forcing* my girlfriend to update to Lion and then applying the update to my disc in target mode.

If the installation hasn't finished that is, which it won't.

Do let me know if it does somehow finish for you!

This worked for me, this i really good advice

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4022658?start=0&tstart=0

The first time I reinstalled, it took 45 minutes. Then I tried the update to Thunderbird again, thinking it might work. Of course, it did not. The second reinstall took about an hour and 15 minutes. Now, with the rest of the world downloading Lion, it is taking people many hours. And I also imagine the lines at the genius bar have been very long. I'm thinking the download time will ease up shortlly, as demand dwindles. These situations make you realize how dependant we are on our computers, especially for work.

They did pull the Thunderbolt update. I just applied the 5 updates through Software Update again this morning (Wed the 13th) and everything is running A-OK. It's ssafe to go back in the water

I dont remember seeing an update for thunderbolt in my update list, i seen an airport update tho, im not update in case this happens again.

The Thunderbolt Update was indeed the problem. Apple pulled it overnight (I am in Europe). The other updates don't cause any problems. But my lesson from this definitely is to be more accurate about Time Machine Back-up's and to not run updates right before I have run a back-up.

It did not help me trust in Apple policies more. Think they all wanted to lure us to buy some of the fancy new Macs they just introduced? lol