LOL yes..good call, it wouldn't be the first time that has happened to someone (clears throat)
fakeuser:
I've made an identical com.apple.Boot.plist from scratch using the plist editor from Apple Developer Tools, for use in your extra folder.
Try it and see if anything changes - if it works, please let me know, and tell me which editor you've been using to modify the file.
From what I've seen, some editors (which ones are unknown to me so far) can corrupt the formatting of plists but not in a way visible to the naked eye.
I've also included an unmodified com.apple.Boot.plist that you can place in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/.