Can't boot from Solaris 10 6/06 DVD on SunFire 240

Hi!

I downloaded the Solaris 10 6/06 DVD for Sparc, as I'd like to
install it on a SunFire 240 system. This system doesn't have a
graphics card, but it has a ALOM (Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out
Manager 1.3), to which I can connect.

Now, how do I boot from the DVD to start the installation? I
inserted the DVD and got me a boot prompt:



{0} ok boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom

SC Alert: Host System has Reset

Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.11.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #59201045.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:87:56:15, Host ID: 83875615.



Rebooting with command: boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom File and args:
Evaluating:

Can't open boot device



This didn't work :( I also tried "boot cdrom" which also didn't work:


{1} ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:

Can't open boot device



What am I doing wrong?

I verified the md5sum of the downloaded ISO and it matches the one on
the sun site. I did not burn the ISO as a file to the DVD ;), but used
it "properly" (ie. when I had a look on it on my XP machine, I saw files).

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar
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-- E.F. Benson
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