[ale] OT: Mac question

[aaron]

OSeX multitask pretty nicely multiple shells are not a problem for the 
Terminal program. Even if your current shell is in a "busy" state, the 
File:NewShell menu item and/or Aplkey+N shortcut should work and
allow you to open a new shell window and monitor progress on the
destination.

I have done this successfully when checking encoding progress on
DVD's and some other "blind" software operations.  

HTH!

peace
aaron 



On Friday 31 March 2006 20:01, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Thanks, but unfortunately I don't want to install any software in this case.
> 
> I am making dd copy of the boot drive to an externally connected usb
> drive and I just wanted to be able to check the progress by doing an
> ls on the target.
> 
> It has been 3 1/2 hours now which seems way too slow.  I think I'm
> going to cntrl-C the job.
> 
> Then boot the Mac into Firewire target mode and do my work from a
> Linux box with a firewire connection.
> 
> Greg
> 
> On 3/31/06, Jerald Sheets <jsheets at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > There is no virtual desktop functionality in OSX by default, however
> > I use "Desktop Manager" http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/ to acheive
> > virtual desktops in OSX.
> >
> > I hope that helps.
> >
> > Jerald M. Sheets jr.
> > Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
> > The Weather Channel Interactive
> > 404.293.8762
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 31, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Robert Story wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:05:18 -0500 Greg wrote:
> > > GF> Does anyone know how to get to an alternate screen like alt-F2
> > > does with
> > > GF> linux?
> > >
> > > I'm 98% sure that OS X doesn't support multiple consoles...
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