Re: Random bits about the graphical installer

[Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>]

Quoting zinosat@tiscali.it (zinosat@tiscali.it):
> > -how can one reach a virtual console to see logs and all this stuff,
> > or just open a shell??
> 
> you should be able to switch from one virtual console to another via "ctrl
> alt f1", "ctrl alt f2" and so on. I you're running qemu not in full screen
> mode I managed to switch this way
> 
> * go in monitor mode via "ctrl alt 2"
> *  run the following command: "sendkey ctrl-alt-f2" (for example)
> * switch back to the installer (vitrual console) by pressing "ctrl alt 1"

OK. So I'll have to figure out how to send these in VmWare ;..where
Ctrl-Alt is the combination of keys used to get to input control out
of vmware..:-)

Let's dig into VmWare's documentation