Upgrade from Solaris 5.4.8 to Solaris 10

Hello
I have a SUN Ultra 10 box which I am trying to upgrade to v10. I have downloaded Solaris 10 software (for SPARC platforms) from the SUN website, burned the software onto a DVD -R and then tried to install it. When I get to the 'ok' prompt I type the 'boot cdrom' command and the following error message appears:
'Unable to open device...'
My machine then automatically boots from the hard disk and loads the older Solaris version (5.4.8)
Any ideas?

Can't read disk label
Can't open disk label package{code}
Classic symptoms of an improperly created DVD.
This next link was written for people to install Solaris on thsir PCs.
It's valid for your situation as well:
"Solaris Operating System - Download and Burning Instructions"
*http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/download_instruction.xml*
There isn't a Solaris "v8" .
What's so difficult about actually answering the questions presented to you?
How much Ram _do_ you have?
(I'm done with this thread.)

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