Installing Solaris 10 with Windows XP

Hi,
I have an existing Windows XP installation, and want to install Solaris 10 on the same hard drive, for which I have created an extra primary partition. However, the installation seems to want to take over the whole hard drive, so I am a bit hesitant to proceed.
Is there a simple guide to installing Solaris 10 to coexist with an existing Windows NT/2000/XP installtion?
(If I am posting this to the wrong forum, please forgive my ignorance, and kindly point me to the correct one - it is my first time here)
Thanks and Regards,
Martin

Having the partition at the end of the disk shouldn't be the big problem, I often place the partition at the begining as I used to do with linux...
I really don't know if there is a restriction for the solaris loader to be at the first cilinders (maybe yes, that's why I put it at the begining)....
but the point here is to have some unallocated space... so try it out... if for some reason the solaris loader doesn't work your system could be screwed up (no booting anywhere) but if that happens the solution is quite simple: to restore the MBR from Windows (recovery console booting from CD)....

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