HOW TO USE THIS SYSTEM ====================== [press the PageDown key to go to the next screen when you finish reading this one] The following keys are recognized in most of the dialogs you'll encounter during this installation: KEY ACTION --- ------ SPACE Select or toggle the current item. ENTER Finish with a menu or item. UP ARROW Move to previous item (or up, in a text display box). DOWN ARROW Move to next item (or down, in a text display box). TAB Move to next item or group. RIGHT ARROW Move to next item or group (same as TAB). SHIFT-TAB Move to previous item or group. LEFT ARROW Move to previous item or group (same as SHIFT-TAB). PAGE UP In text display boxes, scrolls up one page. PAGE DOWN In text display boxes, scrolls down one page. F1 Display associated help text. If you see small "^(-)" or "v(+)" symbols at the edges of a menu, it means that there are more items above or below the current one that aren't being shown (due to insufficient screen space). In text display boxes, the amount of text above the current point will be displayed as a percentage in the lower right corner. Using the Up/Down arrow keys will cause the object to scroll by line. The PageUp and PageDown keys will scroll by entire screens. Selecting OK in a menu will confirm whatever action it's controlling. Selecting Cancel will cancel the operation and generally return you to the previous menu. Use TAB to move the cursor around and select the buttons. Most screens obey the Help key (F1) - USE IT! It generally offers useful context-specific hints on what to do at each stage of the installation, and if you're at all unsure about what to do at a given stage in the installation, hit F1! SPECIAL FEATURES: ================= It is possible to select a menu item by typing the first character of its name, if unique. This will generally be an item number. The console driver contains a scroll-back buffer for reviewing things that may have scrolled off the screen. To use scroll-back, press the "Scroll Lock" key on your keyboard and use the arrow or Page Up/Page Down keys to move through the saved text. To leave scroll-back mode, press the Scroll Lock key again. This feature is most useful for reading back through your boot messages (go ahead, try it now!) though it's also useful when dealing with sub-shells or other "wizard modes" that don't use menus and tend to scroll their output off the top of the screen. FreeBSD also supports multiple "virtual consoles" which you can use to in order to have several active sessions at once. Use ALT-F to switch between screens, where `F' is the function key corresponding to the screen you wish to see. By default, the system comes with 8 virtual consoles enabled - you can enable more by editing the /etc/ttys file and turning the "off" field to "on" in the relevant vty entries (up to 12).