Actually this isn't quite right; at least Solaris 9 needs an explicit slice given on the boot command line in order for the bootblock to load correctly. When auto-boot is enabled (as by default) then this is now the default.
It's only when you turn off autoboot (as you would typically do for debugging) that you need to remember to give a specific slice.
Ah...sorry to add to the confusion!
:-)
-Nick
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