Mark....the f1 through the f6 keys in conjunction with ctl-alt
will access each of the 6 tty consoles available in the
Mandrake distro. The second line of text below the big
graphic penguin tells you which console you are in by the tty
number following the cpu type (see tty3 below):
Linux Mandrake release 7.1 (helium)
Kernal 2.2.15-4mdk on an i686 / tty3
Alan
Mark Weaver wrote:
>
> What does CTL+ALT+F3 do?
>
> --
> Mark
>
> ** Registered Linux user # 182496 **
>
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Vic wrote:
>
> > I never had too much trouble with the Mandrake,
> > thats why I guess I stuck around.
> >
> > Sure everyone pulls their hair and whacks
> > the keyboard and swears a little bit.
> >
> > I hear alot about troubles with this ver and that one,
> > funny thing, I was able to hack my way around the
> > funky installer on ver 7.0 and I was able to install it
> > by doing a ctrl+alt+F3 I think, I just had to kill a
> > stuck process, looked like a perl script or something,
> > and as soon as I did that, the install continued instead
> > of hanging.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > > I recently saw a memory chip on the wall of a computer store. It is a full
> > > 12-inches square and 2-inches thick. The funny thing is--the size of the
> > > memory is actually quite small.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the blast from the past! I was sure we had some old 'heads' on
> > > this list that were contributing answers to us newbies. You know who you
> > > are and you're terrific.
> > >
> > > <Whisper>Now all we have to do is convince the newbies that do not have any
> > > patience; that do not understand Linux; that do not know how to install;
> > > that do not know how to compile or tweek, our Mandrake is a superb product
> > > produced by a band of developers who are visionaries and thinkers. A bad
> > > attitude doesn't win awards or get much help from the list. We are,
> > > afterall, volunteers, not nurse/maids or babysitters.
> > > </Whisper>
> > >
> > > Mandrake, you're getting better and better with every new release.
> > >
> > > Pj
> > >
> > > At 09:45 AM 7/24/00 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 04:20:52PM -0700, Anton Graham wrote:
> > > >> Submitted 23-Jul-00 by Pj:
> > > >> > From: Using MS-DOS 6.2 (QUE book) 1993
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Pg. 140; pgph 5:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > "Hard disks have changed the most. A number of technology have come and
> > > >> > gone as hard disks have steadily gotten larger and faster. Drives capable
> > > >> > of storing more than two gygabytes(two billion bytes) now cost less than
> > > >> > $2,500.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Who remembers when 10GB cost $10,000?
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> I remember when a 20 MB drive was top of the line and cost more than
> > > >> the rest of the machine :)
> > > >
> > > >I remember when the first manufacturer of a microcomputer offered a hard
> > > >drive. It was Ohio Scientific, which made a 6502-based multi-user computer
> > > >which did everything in BASIC. The hard drive was an OEMed 74 MB 14" rack
> > > >mounted hard drive. The controller was on two cards, each larger than any
> > > >card you are likely to find today, larger than some modern moterhboards.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > > -- C^2
> > > >
> > > >No windows were crashed in the making of this email.
> > > >
> > > >Looking for fine software and/or web pages?
> > > >http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
> > > >Attachment Converted: "d:\attach\Re [expert] OT harddrive flas"
> > > >
> >
> >
