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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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