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Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System |
About Oracle Solaris OS Installation
Obtaining Oracle Solaris Documentation
Selecting the Installation Method
Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings
The BIOS firmware supports both legacy BIOS Boot Mode and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Mode; the default setting is Legacy BIOS Boot Mode.
Options for setting the BIOS Boot Mode before installing the OS are:
If the OS supports legacy BIOS only, make sure that BIOS is set to Legacy BIOS Boot Mode before you install the OS.
If the OS supports both legacy BIOS and UEFI BIOS, you can select either Legacy BIOS Boot Mode or UEFI BIOS Boot Mode before you install the OS.
Refer to: Oracle x86 Administration Guide for X4 Series Servers for more information.
POST messages appear on the console.
The BIOS Setup Utility main screen appears.
The Boot Menu screen appears.
Press Enter and use the up or down arrow keys to select the Legacy or UEFI BIOS Boot Mode option.
Next Steps