Solaris Express Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade

x86: Where to Find Information About GRUB Based Installations

For more information about these changes, see the following references.

Table 6–2 Where to Find Information on GRUB Based Installations

Topic 

GRUB Menu Tasks 

For More Information 

Installation 

To install from the Solaris OS CD or DVD media 

Solaris Express Installation Guide: Basic Installations.

To install from a network installation image 

Part II, Installing Over a Local Area Network, in Solaris Express Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

 

To configure a DHCP server for network installations 

Preconfiguring System Configuration Information With the DHCP Service (Tasks) in Solaris Express Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

 

To install with the Custom JumpStart program 

Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation in Solaris Express Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations

 

To activate or fall back to a boot environment by using Solaris Live Upgrade 

System administration 

For more detailed information about GRUB and for administrative tasks 

Chapter 12, Booting a Solaris System With GRUB (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration


Note –

Starting with the Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07 release, see new GRUB enhancements described at x86: GRUB Extended Support for Directly Loading and Booting the UNIX Kernel.