Upgrading to Solaris 10/08 Error: The disc you inserted is not a Solaris CD

I am trying to upgrade an e450 to Solaris 10/08 from 8/07.
I boot from CD 1 and run through all the pre-install questions. The system gets to the point where it asks me if I want to do a standard install or whatever the other option is. I choose standard and some scripts are run the disk is checked, then I get the message:
ERROR: The disc you inserted is not a Solaris CD/DVD.
Googl'ing that error message doesn't help. There are suggestions to modify a BIOS setting, but as far as I can tell the e450 has no way to enter the bios (at least there is nothing I can find in the manual or through more google'ing). Other posts only talk about the issue occurring on a MAC.
Is there some trick to this that I should know?
Thanks
** EDIT to make subject more informative **
Edited by: TimD on Mar 8, 2011 6:29 AM

As for your BIOS question, there is nothing that looks like your average PC BIOS. The system has a OBP (OpenBoot PROM) that you enter e.g. with pressing STOP-A or sending the break signal over a serial connection.
Why the system keeps telling you that the disc is not a solaris disc I can't say, but are you sure, you got the SPARC version and not the x86 version?.
The E450 is a SPARC based system.
Another question, why do you a update install and don't use live upgrade? It is much more convenient and does not require as much downtime as a upgrade install.

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