Trouble installing Solaris 8 from cd.

Hi,
I am trying to install solaris 8 from cd using remote connection. first the pc got hung and now it gave this error message.
WARNING: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@2/sd@6,0 (sd21):
Error for Command: read(10) Error Level: Retryable
Requested Block: 69440 Error Block: 1035200
Vendor: TOSHIBA Serial Number: 12/12/97
Sense Key: Media Error
ASC: 0x15 (random positioning error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Segmentation Fault
ERROR: The Solaris Distribution, :a does not exist
Exiting to shell.
i have tried many times and by changing many env setting but am still not able to install. anybody know what to do.
i am a novice in this.
Regards
Aparna

Not to put too fine a point on it, but please look at the error message next time. It says right there in the error message that the CD/DVD drive is detecting a media error.
Recreate the Solaris 8 CDs on the slowest speed possible for the CD writer. I've run into this situation far too often where CDs were created in the fastest write mode, which older drives are often not capable of reading. I have had 100% successs when creating the Solaris CDs at 4x .
If you are still getting a media error, chances are that your CD/DVD drive is either breaking/broken or it does not like the brand of media that you used.

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