When installing Gentoo, I can't switch between virtual terminals. What's the catch?

Question

linux

The Gentoo handbook says that when installing gents with minimal sid, you can switch between terminals using Alt+F1 F2, etc... But for some reason this feature does not work out of the box during installation. Even though I didn't get to do anything. Just booted from the minimum sit. Can anyone suggest how to fix this?

Answer 1

The solution turned out to be simple! I just activated Fn mode on the Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 keyboard. Here's the thing. Disabled Fn mode and everything worked normally.

Answer 2

Try CTRL+SHIFT+F1-8, CTRL+ALT+F1-F8

Answer 3

Alt not working? What's the keyboard? what image? have you tried both violas?