Can' t read disk label, install issues

can' t read disk label, install issues
i am trying to install solaris 8 on a sparc5 (256mb, 4.2gb,110mhz). i initially installed using the installation disk and it seemed successful as i was able to load the rest of the cds. something went wrong though b/c the system is stuck in a rebooting loop after it finished the last cd. so i went searching and found that i could only have a root partition of no bigger than 1gb. since i used the installation disk, i was not given an option to specify slice sizes. so now, i am trying to redo the install starting from the first disk (1 of 2) and skipping the installation disk. when i do a "boot cdrom" with the 1 of 2 disk, i get the cant read disk label or something about short entry and it will not boot. i am using actual Solaris 8 cds and not downloads. what can i do to get it to boot up from the first disk, or fix the partitioning on the disk?

I am using the offical Solaris 8 Installation 2/02 for SPARC Platform Edition for Sun Computer Systems February 2002, Revision A
Output from the probe-ide command follows:
device 0 (Primary Master)
ATA Model: ST3160023A
device 1 (Primary Slave)
Removable ATAPI Model: LTN4865
device 2 (Secondary Master)
ATA Model: ST340016A
device 3 (Secondary Slave)
not present
device 0 is the new hard disk that I just installed
device 1 is the CDR drive
device 2 is the original hard disk. I can boot this but now get some magic disk errors or something like that
device 3 is not present
I have all devices set to cable select according to the manual.
Thanks for your help...
Tom

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I am trying to install Solaris 9 on a Sun Ultra 10 Sparc workstation. This system formerly had Solaris 8 on it, but we decided to do a reinstallation to configure things the way we wanted them.Before doing that we encountered a few problems
1.The system failed to recognize the Dell Ultra Sharp Monitor, when the signal cable was plugged into the port behind the computer. To solve this we researched and were told to remove the Video card attached to the mother board, and this we did.The system now recognized the dell monitor and booted in Solaris 8.
2.We ran sys-unconfig to reconfigure the system to change the hostname on a reboot.We powered off the computer.Afterward we would go through the sys-unconfig program in an indefinite loop.So I powered off the computer each time i got stuck.
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[end]
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Also of note is that I got this system from a user who had installed Solaris 8 sparc on it earlier.
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Hi!
After a day fighting with same problem and found no good solution on the internet , I was able to do a workaround in order to be able to boot my sun bade 1500 that was giving the "can't open disk label" message.
I found no source of the problem but someone with more knowledge could guess. (maybe a default bad alias definition of cdrom ��?)
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except teh @sd1,0:f, I found that with my good luck!
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http://www.adminschoice.com
Folks !
I am trying to boot Sun Blade 100 from its internal
IDE CD-ROM drive
using the Solaris 8 boot/installation CD (01/01). When
I give the command
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I have tried following (all to no avail)
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cdrom@0,0:f, but same result.
tried boot/installation CD from Solaris 9
did set-defaults reset-all
checked probe-ide and show disks output to make sure
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hopefully
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[email protected]
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