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