∂ : Action to Take : Use your arrow keys and select “Change Video Device/Monitor”

        N O T E : You need to use the F2 function key to continue forwards.



  That beautiful looking picture above is clearly from VMware and not a real machine. The real machine hardware looks like this :


  What you are looking at is the report from a very old tool called kdmconfig.  The “kdm” means keyboard - display - monitor.  One of the clues that you somehow fell into some old software is that you don't use the enter key to continue forwards but now you need the F2 function key on your keyboard.  This kdmconfig software has been around nearly forever in the Solaris x86 world and it does seem out of place in the year 2007.  For the moment this is what you need to deal with.  Just be happy that you are not stuck using a DEC VT220 terminal from 1977.  I still own one and you can still use it just fine with Solaris if you choose to.  That may explain why the GRUB screen is so simple.  Provided that you picked a graphics adapter that is on the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List and is halfway decent then you should be okay here.  If you are like me then you will set the machine to use the highest number of colors and highest resolution that you can handle on your monitor.  For the purposes of this document I will most likely go with 1024x768 pixel because I want to show you lots of screen shots.


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