Thunderbolt Ethernet update fail to boot?

Same thing here, after applying it is displaying the same screen on my early macbook pro 2011.

Now recovering from the last TM backup...

Same thing here - reinstalling lion from special boot partition - hope it works

I noticed the same and I am also using a 6G SSD FWIW. What is interesting is that I booted off a USB disk I keep around for these emergencies and applied on same computer to that mechanical disk without a problem. All I did was reapply 10.4 combo updater to get machine back running.

Reinstall worked just needed to run lsoftware update a few times and denied the thunderbolt one

Thanks for messing my macbook pro apple now you have wasted hours of project time. Is this what powernap going to do to future updates?

Same thing here. Also see this article: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4020390?answerId=18619247022#18619247022

I just installed the thunderbolt update on my macbook pro.

After restart I got an error message saying something like, "None of the software could be installed. An unexpected error occurred."

It then offered me a restart button, which made the pop-up disappear when clicked. The computer did not restart.

After several minutes, I powered down by holding the power button. After restarting, I now get the gray screen of death when booting with kernel messages saying that the Mac OS version has "Not yet set".

Not happy about this one.

The new adapter is only compatible with MacBook Air with Thunderbolt (mid-2011 onwards) and the new Retina MacBook Pro, so why have you all installed the update on your MBPs?

See Compatibility section: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD463ZM/A

I've installed the update on my mid-2011 13" MBA and have had no problems at all.

See here: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57451440-263/thunderbolt-update-plaguing-ma cbook-pros-with-kernel-panics/

The problem is from a faulty driver Apple released yesterday. Apple should jump on this right away, but for now the only options for affected users is to reinstall OS X, reapply the combo updater using a second Mac, or restore from backup.

michaelab wrote:

The new adapter is only compatible with MacBook Air with Thunderbolt (mid-2011 onwards) and the new Retina MacBook Pro, so why have you all installed the update on your MBPs?

See Compatibility section: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD463ZM/A

I've installed the update on my mid-2011 13" MBA and have had no problems at all.

Because it came up in Software Update, so we all assumed it applied to our version of OS X running on our hardware platform - nowhere did it say that it only applied to MBAs and new MBPs. If you're right about that, and I dare say you are, then I guess there's an erroneous record in an Apple database somewhere that says also apply it to systems that are not supported and that it shouldn't be applied to.

Wonder if I have this issue too, was remotely setting up a brand new iMac and after installing an update that mentioned Thunderbolt + a couple other Apple software updates it failed to come back online. What a pain.

Real pain butt! I stayed up most of the night re-installing lion. Things seem to be back to normal now.

same thing here!!! after applying the update it was hanging on the grey screen! had to reinstall the szstem from my TM!

early 2011 mbp, lion (latest version), all original hardware.

This hosed me too. Had to rebuild from TM backup.

MBP 8,2 late 2011

My early 2011 MacBook pro just got restarted and I've got the same problem. However, the HD is locked when I try and reinstall Lion. I've tried sudo to change permissions but it's not available in terminal. Anyone kow how I can reinstall?

I do have a carbon cloned copy of my HD on my Drobo but would rather not use it.

Apple have really let people down here. Any automated software update that fries your computer? Imagine if Microsoft and done that!