Shall I make partitions for install Solarie 8

Dear Sir:
Today I try to install Solaris 8 (07/01 for Intel) in my new PC, which comes with:
     PIII 1000 MHz CPU
     20 GB IDE Hard Driver
     512 m Memory
     Asus TUSL 2-C Mother Board
     52 x Sony CD-ROM
     3com 3C905b TX 10/100 NIC
     ATI rage Pro 8MB VGA card
     Sound Blaster 16 wave
I used win98 boot disk to made 20 GB partition, and format it. Then, I used Solaris
Boot disk to boot up the PC. After checked all devise, I put CD1 into the CD-ROM,
And marks CD, select Solaris Interactive. The machine was running and I saw the
��System done �� message. The machine was auto restart. But�� after the machine
restart, I got the message said ��Boot from CD. No Emulation��, then the machine go
back to beginning install section.
I was try to three times, all got same result. I don��t know why and how to do it.
Shall I make partitions before I install solaris 8 or not?
Please help me.
Thank you very much!
Your friend

Today I try to install Solaris 8 (07/01 for Intel) in
my new PC, which comes with:
PIII 1000 MHz CPU
20 GB IDE Hard Driver.....
I used win98 boot disk to made 20 GB partition, and
format it. Then, I used SolarisIf you made a 20GB Windows 95 partition on a 20GB disk, then you won't be able to create a Solaris partition without destroying (or corrupting) the Windows partition.
If you want to have Windows on the machine, try making the Windows partiton 10GB. That will leave you 10GB for solaris.

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