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Title: Command prompt? How?
Post by: Willy_ph on February 12, 2004, 03:11:07 PM

I've been looking all over but can't seem to find how to access the command prompt.  Maybe I missed something when I was installing the system, but everytime I boot the server it automatically loads the Server Console.

How the heck do I get out of the Server Console?  I'm using Server 6.0

Title: Re: Command prompt? How?
Post by: jor70 on February 12, 2004, 03:19:03 PM

Quote from: "Willy_ph"

I've been looking all over but can't seem to find how to access the command prompt.  Maybe I missed something when I was installing the system, but everytime I boot the server it automatically loads the Server Console.

How the heck do I get out of the Server Console?  I'm using Server 6.0

alt-f2 and login as root

Title: Command prompt? How?
Post by: Willy_ph on February 12, 2004, 03:37:10 PM

Thank-you. :-D

Title: Command prompt? How?
Post by: matsk on February 12, 2004, 06:21:37 PM

The usage of Alt + Fnn button is the standard way to switch between different consoles in Linux.

If you press Alt+F2 you change to console 2 and with Alt+F1 you go back to Console 1 again.

If you wan't to use a third console just press Alt+F3 and ........


/Mats

Title: Re: Command prompt? How?
Post by: loveless on February 12, 2004, 08:08:46 PM

Quote from: "Willy_ph"

I've been looking all over but can't seem to find how to access the command prompt.  Maybe I missed something when I was installing the system, but everytime I boot the server it automatically loads the Server Console.

How the heck do I get out of the Server Console?  I'm using Server 6.0

Go back through the Configure this Server screens.  Toward the end, you'll see a screen that asks you if the system should login automatically, or load to a login prompt.  Choose "login" instead of "auto".

Title: Command prompt? How?
Post by: wyron on February 13, 2004, 08:46:55 AM

. . and perhaps one of the first things you should learn when in a command prompt, is to utilise the Midnight commander, a Norton Commander-like file manager.
Simply enter mc and enjoy.
It certainly made my life a lot easier, when I first started to fiddle with things in  command mode.