> 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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