Windows

If you have Windows installed, and you set up sufficient disk space for installing Oracle Solaris, the installation should be straightforward. All versions of Oracle Solaris for the x86 platform use the GNU Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB). Oracle Solaris recognizes Windows and ensures that Windows partitions remain unchanged during an installation. When the installation completes, and the system reboots, the GRUB menu displays both the Windows and the Oracle Solaris boot entries.

Linux, or Windows and Linux

If you have the Linux operating system, or both Linux and Windows operating systems installed on your x86 based system, before installing Oracle Solaris, save a copy of the menu.lst file. After the installation, you will need to edit the menu.lst file to add the Linux information from the previous installation. For instructions, see How to Add a Linux Entry to the GRUB Menu After Installing Oracle Solaris.

Oracle Solaris 10 OS

The installer on the live CD and the text installer cannot be used to boot multiple instances of Oracle Solaris. However, the installers can be used to replace the Solaris 10 1/06 and later releases on an existing system that has multiple instances of Oracle Solaris installed.

Extended partitions

If you have another operating system on an extended partition, the existing extended partition does not need to be changed during an installation. You can create, resize, or delete an extended partition when you install Oracle Solaris by using either the live CD GUI installer, the text installer, or the automated installer. You can also choose to install Oracle Solaris on a logical partition within an extended partition.