Install issue Solaris 10 9/10 x86

I have been trying to install solaris 10 on a PC(x86) at house. The disk boots into the install/configure or System Identication. I go though all the steps and at the end just as the PC is to reboot I get the following error.
ERROR: The disc you inserted is not a solaris OS CD/DVD
I downloaded the ISO from here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris/downloads/index.html
I downloaded the file using firefox on my MacBook and burned the ISO using the DISK Utility program. The disk boots from disk the first time but not the second time.
I also don't know what to but on the screen when it asks me for the oracle Support Information. I unchecked this.
The program also asks what my Proxy server host name is and port number, Http proxy User name: http Proxy password: why is it asking me these things. I have installed many versions of Solaris and none have ever asked for this info so I left it blank. The page says to goto www.oracle.com/goto/solarisautoreg. I have gone there and can not find the info. I think maybe the program is hanging up here for some reason. I know that on patches you have to put in a code some times but It is usable in the install file and there is no code I can find.
Anyway please give me some help.

I found the answer.
The CD/DVD ROM was the issue. The drive was a CD-RW/DVD drive, so it could read DVD and record on CD. The Disk I was using was a DVD -RW. I guess the initial start up was in a CD format and when the tried to do the 2nd part the drive could not read the DVD -rw format on the disk. Anyway I changed out the drive with a newer one and now it seams to be working.

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