Solaris x86 on a mac, blank screen after miniroot but NOT when console=ttya

I am trying to install Solaris 10 x86 update7 on a Mac Mini.
It hangs with a blank screen right after loading the miniroot, before the "Configuring devices..." part.
I can't even see the miniroot loading completion (the hex addresses displayed when miniroot is loaded)... it
clears the screen and just hangs there.
But...
By trials and errors I discovered that if I use the ttya or ttyb console setting when booting, it does NOT hang!
It proceeds further, and prompts for type of installation and then for language. Unfortunately, since Mac Mini does not
have any serial port, I can't proceed with the installation since if I use console=ttya I can't use the keyboard anymore.
I ran the sun tool to check for hardware compliancy and it passed.
I think there must be something odd with the graphic card probe, what else could change when I boot with "console=ttya"
beside that? Is there a way to bypass the check for the graphic card when booting? I don't want to use it, either... I would
use the mac mini as a server, I wish I could remove the graphic card but it's embedded in the motherboard :-)
I do not have boot camp installed on this Mac. Could that make any difference?
I also tried to fire up opensolaris and that one works without problems, but I want Solaris 10 not opensolaris...
Any hint is greatly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance...
Rick

Hi Rick,
Like you, I have been trying to install Solaris10u7 on my 13" white Macbook. I got the same errors. Solaris10u6 used to work on this same machine, except for the lack of audio driver support.
I tried to connect a USB keyboard, but the same problem persist. Adding "console=text" or "console=keyboard" to the GRUB startup parameters did not help. But it does look like a console detection problem. Hopefully, there is a workaround. I'll check this forum post again to see if anyone comes up with a workable solution. I also prefer to have Solaris proper, not Opensolaris.
_After-thought_: Perhaps I'll just follow the developments on SXCE until 'Solaris 11' is released next year (hopefully sooner than expected). Older versions of SXCE did work well on the Macbook, though not the recent ones.
Alvin

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