NO DISKS FOUND??????? on install

ya know i was hoping to leave MS crap and bloatware behind. but if i cant get this thing installed ill hafta stay with it.
this is as far as i got:
the solaris install console windows is showing it says in it
"executing begin script "install_begin"
the cdrom light looks like its reading and installing SOMETHING. then after about 20 minutes it says this.
"begin script install_begin execution completed".
and this window pops up and says
"No disks found"
now i know this is and old machine "hp netserver LM"
it has 3 1GB hard drives and 96 mb of ram.
linux zips right along on the same machine
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!!!!!
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Hi,
Check your system configuration with solaris hardware compatibility list.
URL: http://soldc.sun.com/support
Thanks,
Senthilkumar
SUN - DTS

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