Custom jumpstart Solaris 10 5/09 going interactive

Been trying to do a custom jumpstart for Solaris 10 5/09 SPARC and keep getting into interactive mode.
Here is the profile and sysidcfg. Both work for Solaris 10 11/06 SPARC. The target machine is a SunBlade 100.
Profile
install_type initial_install
system_type standalone
partitioning explicit
cluster SUNWCXall
filesys c0t0d0s0 20480 /
filesys c0t0d0s1 2048 swap
filesys c0t0d0s5 10000
filesys c0t0d0s6 4
filesys c0t0d0s7 free /u
sysidcfg
system_locale=C
timezone=US/Pacific
network_interface=primary {hostname=IL02 default_route=192.168.1.1 netmask=255.2
55.255.0 protocol_ipv6=no}
terminal=vt100
security_policy=NONE
root_password=2KF8gF8gF8gF8
name_service=NONE
timeserver=localhost
sysidnfs4=gomonarch.com
Anyone have a similar experience with this release?

This release like the previous one require updating "check" script for rules.ok from this release. The notes also indicate your host should have the latest firmware (prom) release. I'd make sure the blade 100 is supported. double check your entries for this host in bootparams to assure you removed the old and re-added this release. Mostly I'd "boot net -v install" so you can see the verbose output which should show you the issue just before dumping you into the menu. I have installed this release via normal jumpstart in V240 and T2000 clients with no issue. However I have an upgrade from 8/07 that fails when checking diskspace so I can't say upgrades work. From your description it almost seems like it's not finding the sysidcfg at all but your verbose boot will show all the details.
good luck, JB

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