Sol 2.6 (Intel) install won't recognize more than 8GB of my hard drive

<also posted under the 'Intel platform' topic>
I am trying furiously to install Sol 2.6 on a Dell PC that has a 40GB hard drive. I DOS Fdisk to create one huge partition, which fdisk makes active. When I get to "customize fdisk Partitions for disk" in the
install program, it shows me:
1 Other 39070
2 <unused>
3 <unused>
4 <unused>
Capacity: 8001 MB
Alocated: 39079 MB
Rounding error: -31078 MB
Free: 0 MB
To create partitions, it forces you to delete the "Other" partition first. When I do this, Solaris declares that my disk is now 8001 MB, not 39079 MB.
Due to problems with installing a network card (somewhat desirable for a UNIX operating system), I have gone through this install about 30 times in the last 3 days. At least once, I think I managed to trick
it into using the entire disk, and letting me create the large file systems I need. But I can't get back there now.
Does anyone know how to work around this?

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This is a bummer for me. I migrated from a G5 2GB duo with 4 external HDs and an 2nd external DVD writer. My drives are 2 1Ts, a 800 GB and a 400 GB. I do a lot of photography and video editing so I really need the external space. I guess this imac really isn't a Pro model but I didn't need any more speed so I wanted to save the space and money. I think Apple should say up-front that there are significant limits to the Firewire capabilities.
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