Not Booting from DVD Solaris 10

Hi,
I am trying to install Solaris 10 on Sun 420R Sparc. I am trying to install it with DVD. But when I try to install it by using the command boot cdrom. I get the following error.
{0} ok boot cdrom - nowin
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0:f File and args: - nowin
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot device
I have checked the DVD. I ran probe-scsi-all and it looks good.
{0} ok devalias cdrom
cdrom /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0:f
{0} ok show-devs
/SUNW,UltraSPARC-II@3,0
/SUNW,UltraSPARC-II@2,0
/SUNW,UltraSPARC-II@1,0
/SUNW,UltraSPARC-II@0,0
/counter-timer@1f,1c00
/pci@1f,2000
/pci@1f,4000
/virtual-memory
/memory@0,0
/aliases
/options
/openprom
/chosen
/packages
/pci@1f,2000/scsi@1,1
/pci@1f,2000/scsi@1
/pci@1f,2000/scsi@1,1/tape
/pci@1f,2000/scsi@1,1/disk
/pci@1f,2000/scsi@1/tape
/pci@1f,2000/scsi@1/disk
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@4,1
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@4
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3
/pci@1f,4000/network@1,1
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@4,1/tape
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@4,1/disk
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@4/tape
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@4/disk
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/tape
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/disk
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/tape
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/flashprom@10,0
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/eeprom@14,0
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/fdthree@14,3023f0
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/ecpp@14,3043bc
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/su@14,3062f8
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/su@14,3083f8
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/se@14,400000
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/sc@14,500000
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/SUNW,pll@14,504000
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/power@14,724000
/pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/auxio@14,726000
/openprom/client-services
/packages/sun-keyboard
/packages/SUNW,builtin-drivers
/packages/disk-label
/packages/obp-tftp
/packages/deblocker
/packages/terminal-emulator
{0} ok probe-scsi
Target 0
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST318305LSUN18G 0340
Target 1
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST318305LSUN18G 0340
Target 6
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M14011007
{0} ok
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks

The 420R first shipped in November 1999.
Initially, they all had CDROM drives and not DVD readers.
You might also get that same error
if you are inserting a DVD disk into a CD drive.
Next, the 390-0025 DVD drives had problems booting
from any DVD media with more than (I vaguely recall)
something such as 3GB of data on it.
They could read from them,
just not boot from them.
That was a peculiarity of the drive.
Recent releases of Solaris 10 fill those DVD disks.
Try your installation with CD media instead of DVD's.

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