I managed to fix the problem. I found this page http://blogs.sun.com/lianep/entry/assembling_services_for_boot_with
which led me to try this: bash-4.0# svcs -a|grep manifest - - svc:/system/manifest-import:default bash-4.0# svccfg delete svc:/system/manifest-import bash-4.0# svccfg import /var/svc/manifest/system/manifest-import.xml bash-4.0# svcs -a|grep manifest offline* 9:19:51 svc:/system/manifest-import:default bash-4.0# svcs -a|grep manifest <wait a couple of minutes then this will appear:> Loading smf(5) service descriptions: 188/199 <wait for most of the svcs -xv errors to clear> bash-4.0# reboot I tried init 6 and that seemed to hang. Not sure if reboot is best BUT the system appears to be functional now. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org