Updated doc on building bootable DVD for Solaris 10?

Is there an updated document for Solaris 10 for building a DVD bootable disk with installable Flash archive?
The version I found (817-6991) is for Solaris 9 and there appears to be layout differences between 9 and 10.
Looking to build ISO's that can then be burned on a winbox and used in remote locations. This would be for sparc if it makes a difference.
Edited by: krelvinaz on Aug 23, 2008 3:43 PM

Kinda surprised there was no response.
Been looking at the Blueprint as referenced above.... a number of typos, some logic errors and references to things that don't exist. Some of the steps seem dubious and no longer needed (reference by others in other postings about the same).

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