On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:21:06 +0000 (UTC), "Alfred Zentek"
<zentek@web.de> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm trying to install Solaris 8 on an Ultra 5 system. Unfortunatly
>the box does not read the cdrom. The following error message is
>shown:
>
><<< snip >>>
>
>ok boot cdrom
>Resetting ...
<snipped>
>
>Kind regards - Alfred

On all the desktop Suns I work with, Sparc4s to U80s, doing the
following always fixes this:

ok> setenv auto-boot? false
ok> reset
when the reset is done:
ok> setenv auto-boot? true
ok> boot cdrom

I run into this about once per week when I use CD-Rs for installs.