Solaris 9 Booting Problem

From: Wayne Happ (whapp_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/29/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 10:47:01 -0400

I just acquired a copy of Solaris x86, Solaris 9 release 4/04.

When I put the installation disk in the CD ROM drive it will not boot of off
the CD.

1. The machine is a Dell 2350
2. It is configured to boot from CD-ROM first and then hard disk.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what's going on?

Wayne

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