Solution: Solaris 10 fails to install on EFI labeled disks

I recently came across the following error when jumpstarting a system that has 4 disks, 2 of which were previously in a zpool and were EFI labeled:

Checking rules.ok file...
awk: division by zero
 record number 17
awk: division by zero
 record number 15
expr: syntax error
awk: division by zero
 record number 17

The error seemed harmless enough in that it didn't affect the installation. Even still I tracked it down to the /usr/sbin/install.d/chkprobe script in the Solaris 10 mini-root. I opened a case with Sun and they informed me it was a known issue (BugID 6457349: chkprobe cannot handle disks with EFI labels). Sun provided me with a work-around patch to chkprobe which produced the following output:

Checking rules.ok file...
c0t8d0 doesn't have a VTOC label
c0t9d0 doesn't have a VTOC label

This was fine in a system that had at least one VTOC labeled disk as the jumpstart installation could still proceed. When the all of the disks are EFI labeled then the installation fails with the message:

ERROR: One or more disks are found, but one of the following problems exists:
        - Hardware failure
        - The disk(s) available on this system cannot be used to install Solaris Software. They do not have a valid label. If you want to use the disk(s) for the install, use format(1M) to label the disk and restart the installation.
Solaris installation program exited.

To solve this you need to run the format -e command and re-label the disks. Note the "-e" (expert mode) option to format is required otherwise you won't be given the choice of label types.

# format -e
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c0t0d0 <FUJITSU-MAP3367N SUN36G-0401-33.92GB>
          /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
       1. c0t1d0 <FUJITSU-MAP3367N SUN36G-0401-33.92GB>
          /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@1,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0t0d0
[disk formatted]


FORMAT MENU:
        disk       - select a disk
        type       - select (define) a disk type
        partition  - select (define) a partition table
        current    - describe the current disk
        format     - format and analyze the disk
        repair     - repair a defective sector
        label      - write label to the disk
        analyze    - surface analysis
        defect     - defect list management
        backup     - search for backup labels
        verify     - read and display labels
        inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
        scsi       - independent SCSI mode selects
        cache      - enable, disable or query SCSI disk cache
        volname    - set 8-character volume name
        !     - execute , then return
        quit
format> label
[0] SMI Label
[1] EFI Label
Specify Label type[1]: 0
Warning: This disk has an EFI label. Changing to SMI label will erase all
current partitions.
Continue? y
Auto configuration via format.dat[no]? y
format> quit

The fix Sun provided should make it into a future Solaris 10 update and I suspect once ZFS boot is released this problem will be resolved for good.