Solaris 10 on Dell 2850

Hello,
HCL says Solaris 10 was validated on Dell 2850.
I'm trying to install it, but Solaris doesn't find any disk.
I'm wondering if the problem comes from using PERC/RAID controller.
Does someone have any idea about ?
Thanks
Jose-Marcio

Next hurdle is that the disks are reporting an incorrect
size. These 73GB disks are reported at 17GB disks in
the format command.This is probably an issue with the disk reporting more than
65535 cylinders; the SunOS disk label limits the number of
cylinders, the number of heads, and the number of sector per
track to values less than 65536.
I guess that Patch 119375-01 / 119376-01 contains a workaround
for this issue:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-119376-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-119375-01-1
For a new S10 installation, use the extra driver floppy included in
patch 119376-01. When the system starts the boot process from
CD, interrupt the autoboot by pressing the ESC key, and use
"F4_Add Drivers" from the first DCA screen.

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