> 1) what is the easiest way to resync the files in single user mode so > that the systems can boot again? (I'd hate to reinstall the OS)
Run "svcadm clear boot-archive". The system will come up. You can reboot again to sync the archive. > 2) if I move back to S10GA would I still see this problem? in other > words, was this introduced in update 1? Yes. > 3) what is the fastest/easiest way to relax this fatal state in a > supported way? a patch? changes to smf configuration parameters in S10U1? > Turn the boot-archive service into a no-op: svccfg -s boot-archive setprop start/exec=:true Eventually, we'll deliver a bootadm(1M) patch to be more cautious about putting the system in the fatal state. Shudong