From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 00:39:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA10345 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 00:39:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA10339 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 00:39:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id KAA02380; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 10:38:23 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma002375; Mon Dec 2 10:38:05 1996 Message-ID: <32A2955B.8B0@barcode.co.il> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 10:37:47 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gw@cyber-coupon.com CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: guru in Washington, DC area? References: <9612012307.D45ty@cyber-coupon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk gw wrote: > > Sorry to be a nuisance. > > I've tried to install freebsd three times now. Each time remounting the > drive (a dedicated hard drive of its own) and reformating with dos. Then > using use entire drive, etc. I can get the installed menu up and get > myself in as add newuser. But then I cannot get a prompt. > I boot with the boot disk in the floppy drive. On one install I acutally > got boot manager to come up. But then I had no login or password to use > sustem. arrgh! For that you don't need a guru. If you didn't set up a password for it, you can log in after the installation as root without a password. > > I have a serious commitment to learning UNIX but cannot get past what > seems to be very basic issues. Are there any gurus in the Washington DC > area that you know of?? > > thanks > > gary woodward Nadav