> It am not sure. I recommend to learn the application "screen", which gives   
    > you  virtual consoles in the vm that can be detached. The shell will be   
    > active where    
    > it was and you can connect to it later at the same point and continue.   
    > Running  programms will continue to run in a detached screen. A normal login   
    > shell will  terminate if you logout. In "screen" you can open more shells, i   
    > tried 15 so  far, not sure where the limit is. But i am sure it don't want   
    > to miss screen.   
       
   Thanks.  Based on your recommendation I have tried this one out some.  It is   
   pretty neat.  I will need to use it some more to learn more of the things I can   
   do with it (shortcuts, etc.) but it does appear that it will do what I need it   
   to.   
      
   Mike   
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