What to Do If Your System Boots in Console Mode

If your system's graphics card is not supported by the Live Media or your system does not have a graphics card, the system boots in console mode when you insert the Live Media. In this case, you cannot perform a GUI installation.

Your two alternatives are as follows:

Use the text installer image instead of the Live Media ISO image.

You can run the text installer on the local console without network access. See Chapter 4, Using the Text Installer.
Perform a remote installation as described in How to Install Oracle Solaris From the Live Media If Your System Boots in Console Mode.

Note - If you use this option, you do not need to download the text installer image. However, note that this option requires remote ssh access and a target system that has an X server running.

How to Install Oracle Solaris From the Live Media If Your System Boots in Console Mode

Before You Begin

For this procedure, two networked systems are required: the system on which the Live Media was booted (target system) and a remote system from which the installation will be performed. Both systems must have network access. The two systems are not required to be on the same subnet. However, the target system must be reachable from the remote system. Also, the remote system must be running an OS that supports a graphical desktop.

On the system to be installed, insert the Live Media, then boot the system.
At the console login, type the default login and password.
The default user login and password for Oracle Solaris is jack.
Become the root user.
```
$ su root
Password: solaris
```
The root password is solaris.
Enable the service for the ssh remote login program.
```
# svcadm enable ssh:default
```
Display the IP address that is assigned by DHCP to the target system.
```
# ifconfig -a
```
On the remote system, open a terminal window, then type:
```
$ ssh -X IP-address-of-target -l jack
```
where IP-address-of-target is the output of the ifconfig -a command that you ran on the target system.
Running this command on the remote system opens a secure shell, enabling you to access the target system to use the GUI installer.
Assume the root role.
```
$ su root
Password: solaris
```
Note - The default root password prior to installation is “solaris.”
Run the GUI installer:
```
# /usr/bin/gui-install
```
Note - Installer graphic display may be imperfect using this method.
After the installation completes, reboot the target system.

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