very basic about initial install

[reader at newsguy.com]

Zach <uid000 at gmail.com> writes:

> I know you're well past this by now and up and running with the server
> install, but I just wanted to mention, for the record, that I /think/
> you can get a terminal from the installer with the traditional virtual
> consoles: ctrl+alt+<F1,F2,...Fn>.

I did try that of course, but it had no effect at all.  Possibly
because of being inside a vmware?  But virtual terminals were
definitely not available.