Selecting Your Console Output

You will not see the output of the factory-installed Oracle Solaris 10 OS image through a monitor when you power on the server. Instead, the output of the factory-installed 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 in the following figure.

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* Solaris 10 09/10 s10x_u9wos_14a X86  - Serial Port (ttya)       *
* Solaris 10 09/10 s10x_u9wos_14a X86  - Graphics Adapter         *
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For example, to display output to the video port, select the following option:

Solaris 10 10/08 s10x_u6wos_07b X86 - Graphics Adapter