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> ok boot cdrom -S (pls don't ask me why, I am clueless on Sol 9 thing)
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this should boot to single user (safe) mode from the CDROM. Are you sure
that the
'cdrom' alias maps to the physical CDROM device? try using 'nvalias' to
figure out the
full device name for the CDROM. I suspect that you will have a problem with
your 18GB
disks unless they are re-labelled using format. Once you are able to boot to
single user mode
from the CDROM you should use the format utility to re-label the disks, and
then do your installation.

HTH,
AT