From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 11 12:46:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from heathers.stdio.com (heathers.stdio.com [199.89.192.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDA2E154DE for ; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:46:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lile@stdio.com) Received: from heathers.stdio.com (lile@heathers.stdio.com [199.89.192.5]) by heathers.stdio.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA14124 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:45:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lile@stdio.com) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:45:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Larry Lile To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vty3 and 4.0 snap 080799 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Use alt-F4 for the shell during install. vty0 -> alt-F1 [Install] vty1 -> alt-F2 [Debug] vty2 -> alt-f3 [Inactive] vty3 -> alt-F4 [Shell] PrtScr will cycle through all available vty's. HTH. HAND :) Larry Lile lile@stdio.com On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 mand@alaska.com wrote: > At 02:45 PM 08/11/1999 +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > >"Michael A. Endsley" writes: > >> I just downloaded the latest snap (080799) and tried installing it. > >> When getting to the media section and configuring ppp for a ftp install, > >> I try going to vty3 (alt-f3). However, that vty is not available. I have > >> tried this 3 times now. Is this broken? > > > >ttyv3 is on Alt-F4. > I realized my typing mistake after sending this to the group, but hoped > that the "alt-F3" would help. > Lets just use alt-f3. > To further explain (?): > During a fresh install the system uses vty0. When the time comes to finally > start downloading (using FTP), a screen is shown telling the person to go > use the ALT-F3 keys (vty2) to use term. For me, that key combination is not > "active". In fact, just vty1 is available (to view what FreeBSD is doing). > I will just download the floppies from a later date (19990808-11). > Thanks > Mike > > ps- sorry for some of the generalities...I am just going by memory w/o > being able to see the screens. > > > > >DES > >-- > >Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message