>>>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:58:49 +0530, Girish G <girish.vaikom at gmail.com> said: > Is it possible to get a shell while the installation is in progress, or to drop into a shell once the installation fails? Using Alt-F2 or alt-F3 you will get a shell prompt if the flag createvt is used (which should be the default). -- regards Thomas