From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 8 22:03:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA17031 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:03:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA17007 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:03:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id AAA29141; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 00:04:32 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980109000432.47203@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 00:04:32 -0500 From: Norman C Rice To: hamimi Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail References: <01bd1cb8$781d7ac0$6bd379a3@alexnet.alexnet.com.eg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <01bd1cb8$781d7ac0$6bd379a3@alexnet.alexnet.com.eg>; from hamimi on Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 06:38:42AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 06:38:42AM +0200, hamimi wrote: > I downloaded version 2.2.2 of freeBSD > Everything works alright except one thing. > When I boot from the hard disk and I type: > /stand/sysinstall > I receive the following: > Error: This utility should only be run as root. ^^^^ `root' is the name of a user and the name of the base of the file system. A bit confusing, but in this case, you must become the `root' user in order to have sufficient privilege to run this command. Your username will have to be a member of the `wheel' group in /etc/group before you can use `su' to become root. Try logging in as root (if you know the password). > When I point to the / directory and write the same thing I > receive the same message. > And when I point to the /stand directory and type sysinstall , > I receive the following: > sysinstall: not found > Please help. > > hamimi+AEA-alexnet.com.eg -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.