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I got this far now. How do I get to to boot up with the home screen? 

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016, at 21:17, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 03:11:48 +0200, dewey@posteo.net wrote:
> > I use Linux Mint. I want to try Free BSD. I downloaded the dvr version. 
> > It will not run without a user name and a password. What are these? What 
> > user name and password do I use?
> 
> Initially, there are no users preinstalled. The user "root" (usually
> associated with the role of the system administrator) is meant to do
> this. This account has an empty password.
> 
> 	login: root
> 	Password: <ENTER>
> 	# _
> 
> You can (and probably should) set a password then with the "passwd"
> command. Add users with the "adduser" or "pw" command.
> 
> See "man adduser", "man pw", and "man passwd" for details.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
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