Help install solaris 10 on dell 430SC

tried without success install solaris 10 on dell 430SC.
the installation hangs at the very begining with no
appreant errors . any suggestions?thanks.

I couldn't get Solaris 10 to install.
However, I downloaded the Solaris express 11 b24 and that installs fine. It runs the 64 bit kernel :) No problems so far.
The graphics for the SC430 is a little odd. We use the SUN window system (not XOrg) and select the XF84Intel driver for the card. This works fine, trouble is it tends to like to start in a very high res mode i.e 1600xmnnnn. Run KDM config and drop the resolution.
This release uses the grub boot loader which is different but good.
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