After you complete the Solaris installation, you should reset the default time-out value (-1, infinite time-out) for the GRUB menu. If you do not reset the default (-1) time-out value, each time you reboot the system, the GRUB menu will pause the boot process and wait for user input.
When you set a positive time-out value for the GRUB menu, the GRUB menu will automatically time-out enabling the boot process to complete and display the Solaris Login screen.
To change the time-out value for the GRUB menu, follow these steps:
Log into Solaris as
root
.
In the terminal window, type the following:
bootadm set-menu timeout=<number of timeout seconds>
Typically the GRUB menu time-out value for the Solaris OS is set to 10 seconds. However, the default GRUB menu time-out value configured on the Solaris factory installed image is set to -1 (infinite time-out).
For example, to change the default GRUB menu time-out value from -1 (infinite timeout) to a 10 second timeout, you would type:
bootadm set-menu timeout=
10