freebsd-dev/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/usage.hlp

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.  Note also that "checkbox" menus use SPACE to select
their items, not ENTER!  Pressing ENTER will leave the menu with either
an OK or Cancel status, depending on which button at the bottom is
selected, and is probably not what you wanted to do if still selecting
options.  Remember the spacebar!

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:
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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<n> to
switch between screens, where `F<n>' is the function key corresponding
to the screen you wish to see.  By default, the system comes with 3
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).