Solaris 10 cd's not bootable

We have original sets of Solaris 10 and downloaded from Sun website and they are not bootable. We were thinking at a minimum that cd1 would be, but it isn't. The DVD is bootable and works fine, we're having problems with the CD set. Anyone have this problem or can recommend a fix?
Thanks
-Chris

I'm assuming you have downloaded for the right architecture (sparc or x86).
Can you try booting up with the CD on another machine? If that works, the problem is on your system. What kind of system are you using?
If you can't boot up from CD on another machine, that means you CD is defective. In that case, I would suggest downloading them again and run md5 check on them.

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Take a look at the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List:
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