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Date:      Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:57:18 -0400
From:      "Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@eagle.ca>
To:        "Barry Conley" <fistchfunds@earthlink.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Getting into the program after installation
Message-ID:  <012c01c0bc78$49fdc880$0f01a8c0@phantom>
References:  <3ACA2165.5D693E20@earthlink.net>

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>I recently installed FreeBSD version 4.2. After the installation I tried
>to boot the system and it's asking me for a login and password. I can
>not seem to get past this point. I tried using syslogd

 Really? Wasn't one of the last steps of the installation a question about
setting the root password? Do you remember? Try username=root and whatever
password you gave the setup program.

 Or...

 When it says booting...waiting 10 seconds or press any key?? How about you
press Enter and type:
boot -s
 which will boot you into single user mode, at which time you can set the
root password again with:
passwd
 and voila!

-Gerry




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