1HOW TO USE THIS SYSTEM 2====================== 3 4[press the PageDown key to go to the next screen when you finish 5 reading this one] 6 7The following keys are recognized in most of the dialogs you'll 8encounter during this installation: 9 10KEY ACTION 11--- ------ 12SPACE Select or toggle the current item. 13ENTER Finish with a menu or item. 14UP ARROW Move to previous item (or up, in a text display box). 15DOWN ARROW Move to next item (or down, in a text display box). 16TAB Move to next item or group. 17RIGHT ARROW Move to next item or group (same as TAB). 18SHIFT-TAB Move to previous item or group. 19LEFT ARROW Move to previous item or group (same as SHIFT-TAB). 20PAGE UP In text display boxes, scrolls up one page. 21PAGE DOWN In text display boxes, scrolls down one page. 22F1 Display associated help text. 23 24If you see small "^(-)" or "v(+)" symbols at the edges of a menu, it 25means that there are more items above or below the current one that 26aren't being shown (due to insufficient screen space). In text 27display boxes, the amount of text above the current point will be 28displayed as a percentage in the lower right corner. Using the 29Up/Down arrow keys will cause the object to scroll by line. The 30PageUp and PageDown keys will scroll by entire screens. 31 32Selecting OK in a menu will confirm whatever action it's controlling. 33Selecting Cancel will cancel the operation and generally return you to 34the previous menu. Use TAB to move the cursor around and select the 35buttons. 36 37Most screens offer a Help button - USE IT! It generally offers useful 38context-specific hints on what to do and if you're at all unsure about 39what to do at a given configuration menu, choose Help! 40 41 42SPECIAL FEATURES: 43================= 44 45It is possible to select a menu item by typing the first character of 46its name, if unique. This will generally be an item number. 47 48The console driver contains a scroll-back buffer for reviewing things 49that may have scrolled off the screen. To use scroll-back, press the 50"Scroll Lock" key on your keyboard and use the arrow or Page Up/Page 51Down keys to move through the saved text. To leave scroll-back mode, 52press the Scroll Lock key again. This feature is most useful for 53reading back through your boot messages (go ahead, try it now!) though 54it's also useful when dealing with sub-shells or other "expert modes" 55that don't use menus and tend to scroll their output off the top of 56the screen. 57 58FreeBSD also supports multiple "virtual consoles" which you can use 59in order to have several active sessions at once. Use ALT-F<n> to 60switch between screens, where `F<n>' is the function key corresponding 61to the screen you wish to see. By default, the system comes with 8 62virtual consoles enabled - you can enable more by editing the 63/etc/ttys file and turning the "off" field to "on" in the relevant vty 64entries (up to 12). 65