Solaris re-installation

I am new with Solaris, I have a SunBlade 100 with Solaris 10 installed, I am trying to learn how to install Solaris by re-installing the OS but when I run the DVD nothing appears in the softwareinstallation box. Should I wipe the drive clean before I can re-install and if so, how can I do that. Thanks.

How do you mean ' when I run the DVD'? Normally, you would startup the machine with the DVD, either by just restarting (if the eeprom is set to boot from cd automatically) or forcing it by interrupting the boot process (after you see the banner) with Stop+A, and then entering:
boot cdrom
(or 'boot dvdrom')
I have a similar setup with a SunBlade 150, and it worked for me, since in some strange way the machine came without any software installed in any bootable fashion, so I had to install from scratch.

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