Mirror Display Before Install?

I have a broken screen on my macbook pro, and i have it mirroring displays on my other monitor but i want to reinstall my Mac OS, but when i restart with my setup disc, i am unable to Mirror displays to read what the instructions say. Is there certain buttons i can press to mirror screens before the actual install?

Command-F1 should do that.

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