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Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4

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On 09/13/2020 05:45 AM, David wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 20:16, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> 
>> Where can I find description of using installer's interactive shells on
>> tty1-tty4?
> 
> The installer is a running Linux system. What you ask about is a
> standard feature that is compiled into most Linux kernels, and the
> feature exists because it emulates many similar UNIXes that
> pre-dateLinux.
> 
> So this feature is not something that is specific to the installer, it
> is present because it hasn't been explicitly removed from the
> configuration of the kernel that is built to run the installer, because
> it is very useful there just like it is useful in many other situations.
> 
> So when seeking information I suggest forgetting about the installer,
> and using internet search terms something like:
>    linux console tty device nodes tty1 switch
> 
> to find more information than you will probably ever need. There is plenty
> available, although from a purely "how do I use this?" user point of view,
> there really isn't much explanation needed.
> 
> 
> 
AHHAA ;/
I was thinking it was something specific to the installer.
Browsing a couple of the search hits makes me wonder that that might be 
more appropriate than some things I run regularly in a virtual console.
I'll have to experiment later today.
Thanks.

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Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-09-13 12:20 +0200
  Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2020-09-13 12:50 +0200
  Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-13 12:50 +0200
    Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-09-13 14:00 +0200
  Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-13 17:40 +0200
  Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-09-13 20:10 +0200
    Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-14 11:50 +0200
      Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-14 16:20 +0200
        Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-14 20:30 +0200
          Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-14 20:50 +0200
            Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-15 18:40 +0200
              Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-09-15 20:50 +0200
                Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-16 04:40 +0200
                Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-09-16 06:10 +0200
      Re: Use of installer's interactive shells on tty1-tty4 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-09-14 19:20 +0200
        Re: Use of ^Hi^Hn^Hs^Ht^Ha^Hl^Hl^He^Hr^H'^Hs interactive shells on  tty1-tty4 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-09-14 20:00 +0200

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