Chapter 3
Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System
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Selecting Your Console Output
Unlike with SPARC
®
systems, you will
not
see the output of the preinstalled
Solaris 10 image through a monitor when you power on the server. Instead, the
output of the preinstalled image is directed to a
serial console
.
GRUB, the open source boot loader, is the default boot loader. The boot loader is the
first software program that runs after you power on a system.
From the GRUB menu, you have the option of displaying the installation process to
a VGA connection (video port), as shown below.
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Note –
The first line of the above figure shows the default startup mode.
Example
To display output to the video port, choose the following option:
Solaris 10 5/08 s10x_u5wos_10 X86 - Graphics Adapter