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From: Todd Stephens <tbstep@tampabay.rr.com>
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On Thursday 11 September 2003 10:50 pm, John Mascardo wrote:

>     I am a very-very new LINUX/UNIX user. After being convinced by
> friends that it is far better and stablethan windows architechture.
> So I bought the LINUX Format magazine because it offered a full OS
> called FREEBSD 4.8 I tried to install it and after a few a attempts I
> managed to install it atlast but when it started up it asked for a
> login and password.

If it is a full install on a CD included with a magazine, it probably 
has no passwords set.  Just type in a user name (probably "root") and 
hit enter when prompted for a password.

BTW, FreeBSD is not Linux.  Go to www.freebsd.org to find out more.

-- 
Todd Stephens