Solaris installation trouble

I am new to Solaris. I downloaded the 4 CD set from Sun (dated 1/06) and installed it over another Solaris install (I had a DVD dated 3/05).
Now JDS doesn't work at all, it either segfaults or crashes the whole system (I don't know where to find the crash dumps or core files). Also, a lot of the software I selected during the install didn't seem to be on the CDs. After the 4th CD it asked me for a "Software Companion CD", which I didn't have. So then it didn't seem to install emacs, etc.
I'm assuming the JDS crash has something to do with the video driver. The logs say something about a fbdev missing. How do I get back to the install to install the "OEM" portion to get more drivers?
In general, I'm having trouble getting the packages I need onto the system. I don't even have a compiler. What kind of software is available to look on the internet for packages (like python, emacs, compilers, etc) and install them (something like FreeBSD's ports system, or Debian's apt-get)? Do I need another CD to bootstrap my system into something useful?

Does CDE work, fine?
I don't even have a compiler.You can download a free copy of Sun Studio compiler suite from: http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/cc/products/get.html
What kind of software is available to look on the internet for packages (like python, emacs, compilers, etc) and install them (something like FreeBSD's ports system, or Debian's apt-get)?You can either check sunfreeware.com for the required packages, or use Blastwave's pkg-get tool (http://technopark02.blogspot.com/2005/06/solaris-installing-appspackages-with.html) to install the packages and their dependencies, automatically.

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Major installation trouble, can't login etc

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