Imac installation disks

hi, I have an early 2009 imac 21 inch and a late 2009 27 inch iMac.  I only have the installation disks for the 27 inch.  Will those disks work on the 21 inch?

The DVDs that came with a Mac only work on this Mac. It includes a special Mac OS X version for that Mac. Call Apple to get a replacement DVD > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57

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    sig wrote:
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