Installation of Solaris 10 on x86 machine

I am going to install Solaris10 5/08 on an x86 machine. After I bootup the dvd, it shows:
GNU GRUB version 0.95 ( xxK lower / xxK upper memory)
grub>
It doesn't show the selection item reference to the following document.
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/howtoguides/installationhowto.jsp
What command should I type here to process the installation?
Thanks

jabbaa wrote:
I am going to install Solaris10 5/08 on an x86 machine. After I bootup the dvd, it shows:
GNU GRUB version 0.95 ( xxK lower / xxK upper memory)
grub>
It doesn't show the selection item reference to the following document.
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/howtoguides/installationhowto.jsp
What command should I type here to process the installation?Nothing. If you get a grub> prompt, then something has already failed. After grub loads, it will look for the default boot menu. Since that's not show, it is having problems reading the media. It could be an incompatibility with your hardware, or it could be a bad disk or burn.
Darren

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This is happened exactly when I zlogin for first time to complete installation.
The installation procedure flow flawless.I set terminal type 13 (dt terminal) and everything is OK, but when I try to setup hostname I�ve got this error.
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