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 here:
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* Solaris 10 11/06 s10x_u2wos_09a X86 (VGA) | * |
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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 Solaris 10 11/06 s10x_u2wos_09a X86 (VGA) option.
