Solaris 8 on laptop

Hi,
I now try to install Solaris 8 for Intel onto laptop (mobile P3 500Mhz, ATAPI CD-ROM drive,
Lynx3DM chipset, XGA LCD panel), and there's a problem. The problem is that after device
configuration, it shows
Booting kernel/unix
.......................... All rights reserved.
Then, it restarts suddenly and automatically. How can I solve this problem?

<pre>Thanks!
Well, I explain more details.
First of all, I boot from Solaris 1 of 2CD using external ATAPI CD-ROM drive (it's the
same if I boot with floppy), then I go on the device configuration.
If everything's all right, the pc reads cdrom to boot kernel and moves on to the next
step, but after my laptop show
booting kernel/unix.......
then, automatically stops reading CD and the computer restarts although I do nothing...
I mean I cannot move on to the next proccess after device configuration.
I konw that installing Solaris onto laptop is difficult and not all devices are supported,
but I try.
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