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SUN Solaris The Solaris Operating System, usually known simply as Solaris, is a free Unix-based operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems .

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cant boot from solaris CD

Hi all ,
I am trying to isntallsolaris 10 using a DVD , But when i try to boot from the OB Prompt i am getting this error :

Rebooting with command: boot cdrom -install
Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@1f/cdrom@0,0:f File and args: -install
Can't read disk label.
Can't open disk label package
Evaluating:

Can't open boot device


Can you please help to diagonise if the problem is from the DVD or the DVD-ROM hardware.

thanks for you help
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Old 10-13-2008
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Hi,

how have you burned the dvd? if you copy the solaris iso-image then you
can't boot. Open the dvd, if you see only one file, you copied the iso-image.

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you can just type boot cdrom.
try to reset-all from OBP and try again.
And again, verify if its with the burnt dvd image
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