Solaris 8 x86 won't install

Please for give my ignorance, I know nothing about unix. I am taking a course on Solaris fundementals in a couple of weeks and I am trying to get a jump on the class by having a working version by the time it starts.
I just DL'd the CD images and burned the disks. I get to the part of the install where it leaves the command line and gets to the shell/window phase.
A message comes up stating:
"No disks that meat the criteria in the Solaris installer documentation found
Please check the system or try another instalation option"
The PC I am attempting to install onto is made of pretty common components: Celeron II 533, Asus BX-133, 576 Megs PC-133 SDRAM, 3dfx voodoo 3 PCI, 3C905, 2 Wester Digital Hard Drives and a HiVal 52X CDROM.
The system has previously had Windows 2000 and Redmond Linux on it and they both ran with no problems. I used dos fdisk to remove the linux partitions before attempting to install Solaris.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Chris

Haha, I know that problem that allmost made me go crazy when I tried it again and again...
I think you tried booting from the Solaris installation CD did you?
Try booting from Solaris CD 1 / 2.
That worked without any problems for me even though I have a SCSI RAID System and thought that controller caused the problems.
And: Remove any partition on the harddrive before you install.
Regards
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