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Date:      Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:03:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Barry Monk <barry.monk@gnet.tn>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HELP!!!!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980409000217.13615X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000a01bd6318$8ec0b200$1b4d5fc1@default>

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On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Barry Monk wrote:

> I've just purchased ver2.2.5 of FreeBSD unix, and after 3 days of blood
> sweat and tears, have managed ti install it and get it to run! sort of.
> I purchased a second hard drive and partitioned it for an 800MB BSD
> partition, then installed BSD. I have an Intel AL440LX mother board so I
> installed the boot manager, which also worked, so I am very nearly
> there, unfortunatly I cant get xview to run. I,ve looked at the
> installation and I've installed all the components. Is it as simple as
> not knowing the run command. At work we use xwin on sunsparc, but those
> commands don't work. 

So you're looking for the command to start X?  `startx'

> PS As I consulted you cd documents using the view program, there were
> many instances where a printout would have helped. Is there a manual I
> can purchase to help, as the next step is to configure my internet to
> work through my BSD partition. 

Certainly!  The book `The Complete FreeBSD' makes for an excellent
reference.  You can purchase it from Walnut Creek CDROM
(http://www.cdrom.com).

> Kind regards,and an excellent product to keep you in for a few evenings!

:-)  Let us know if you have any more problems.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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