Solaris? Aolaris? - Solaris 10 installation problem

Hi, gurus,
I downloaded the Solaris 10 GA bits, and successfully installed it in 1 of my PCs very smoothly, the feeling is so good. But when I tried to install it into another PC, I meet big problem.
I can not boot from the CD, the system hangs when I got the messages bellow (The first message of the booting progress):
" Aolaris Primary Boot Subsystem" "v2.0"
Something strange that here "Aoloris" not "Solaris".
I know that someone solve this problem by disable "FDD Legacy Support" from BIOS settings. But I checked my BIOS, there is no such setting.
Any suggestions? comments?
BTW, my hw is "Tsinghua Tongfang Computer" from a Chinese manufacturer.

Finally I got the solution. Just change the USB settings in BIOS, and the problem solved.

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