Solaris 10 "No disks found!" -- but disks are, indeed, there!

I am attempting to install Solaris 10 on an E450. I have 4 18G SCSI disks installed in the E450.
When I boot from the install cd (Solaris 10 Install Disk 1), it boots up just fine, and I go through the initial configuration menu (networking, name service, kerberos, etc.), and when it gets to "Configuring System", it stops at 4% with the error "No Disks Found! Please make sure your drives are properly cabled and powered up.".
Clicking "OK" drops me into a terminal window. Running format at this point show all the drives are, indeed, there. I have reformatted and repartitioned the drives, but all to no avail.
Any ideas? Any/all help is MOST appreciated!

ALL
Found the answer!!!!
Seems that the Solaris installer doesnt understand EFI labels, and if (like me) you have been playing around with linux / freebsd ultrasparc ports, you may have inadvertently removed the backup partition (which spans the entire drive, 3rd partiton).
Without this format thinks its dealing with an EFI disk, and you can label it till the cows come home, the installer just doesnt want to know.
The answer is:
'format -e'
select the drive
'label'
select SMI
dont choose format.dat (unless it contains your drive .. unlikely)
choose SCSI 2 autodetect.
partition as per admin manual.
You may also have to do an 'installboot ...etc etc.." <a href="http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5093/6mkisoq39?a=view" target="_blank">http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5093/6mkisoq39?a=view</a> explains it I can now install Solaris 10 The Sproggg PS: I reckon that a brand new drive might need the same treatment.... YMMV PPS: if your disks are over 2 tb they have to use the EFI labelling method ... if you have these you can afford your own sun support contract to figure it out....

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