Prom_panic: kmem_free block already free

I've been looking around for a solution to this problem, but nobody seems to have one. I have found some other posts with the same issue, but no solutions. Can anybody help me, or am I just doomed not to install solaris 10.
The message prompts right after booting with the first installtion CD. And I'm running it on a Compaq Presario 2100. It has a DVD-ROM unit, which may be part of the problem as I've read.

I've been fighting this problem for over 2 months now. I gave up on the CD install almost from the beginning since my blade server only has USB CDROM and Solaris can not iinstall from a USB device.
So I moved to network install using a Solaris 9 as a boot and dhcp server.
First I thought it was something with the BIOS and I asked our engineers to change some code related to ACPI and also to the USB keyboard and mouse. That seemed to fix the problem and I was able to install.
Now the funny part came when I tried to install the blades using the serial port as console. When you do that, Solaris will create a custom bootenv.rc in the tftpboot directory and when the Secondary boot reads that file, it will panic again. So I modified the default bootenv.rc and I was back installing.
Then I modified my dhcp server to add the parameter for the jumpstart and , by mistake, I tried to install it in a blade with a regular BIOS. To my surprise it installed, so I removed the option and it panic again.
After that I've been experimenting a lot and I've discovered several different changes in the dhcp server that will make the installation succeed. I have not discovered a pattern, but all of these leads me to believe that there is a memory corruption bug in the secondary boot.
While you wait for Sun to fix this problem, you might try to get yourself another solaris machine and install the boot server to do an install over the network. At least that will allow you to try different configuration options to see if you find one that works. With the CD there is nothing you can really change unless you want to mess with the original image.
Max

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