Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:36:29 +0930 From: Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, zick-1 <zickxell@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Questions FreeBSD NOT SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <200507221436.37774.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> In-Reply-To: <105668896.20050722100707@gmail.com> References: <105668896.20050722100707@gmail.com>
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--nextPart9429547.DNDYDzijET Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 22 July 2005 13:37, zick-1 wrote: > Hello. > > Recently has ordered disks with Free BSD and has decided to establish on > the computer. At once I shall tell, that with FreeBSD it is familiar > very little and consequently. > There were many questions. Before from Unix similar > established and started Debian Linux. But in FreeBSD all differently... > > 1) I can not establish BSD atop Windows NT. The disk is broken into two > parts =D1:/and D:/. On With: it is established Windows (FAT32), D empty > (FAT32). And in my opinion BSD does not see the second disk. At > installation BSD then it is impossible to start Windows. Someone else can probably answer this better than I can.. > 2) Whether has BSD the graphic interface? Or all works through #root? Yes, FreeBSD uses X for a graphical interface, just like Linux. Unlike most= =20 linux distributions, FreeBSD doesn't install X by default, so you need to=20 install X and configure your choice of window manager/desktop environment.= =20 You can do this from the install program (/stand/sysinstall), but I'd=20 recommend reading the handbook - it will tell you how do do all of this. Yo= u=20 can access the handbook at=20 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html Once you have a web browser installed, you can also use the local copy=20 at /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html Section 5 tells you how to install & configure X (you should use Xorg, not= =20 XFree86 if you are using FreeBSD 5.3 or later). > 3) Whether means that the system is established presence: > login: root > # Yes, the # prompt mean you are logged on correctly as root. You shouldn't normally login as root though - see section 13 of the handboo= k=20 for information on how to create a normal user. Use root only for tasks tha= t=20 really need it. > > > In the literature on a disk very few concrete explanations. Check out the handbook - it's a great source of information on most aspects= of=20 installing and running FreeBSD. If you still have trouble, you can always a= sk=20 on this list. Good luck! Cheers, =2D-=20 Ian gpg key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc --nextPart9429547.DNDYDzijET Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC4H7dPUlnmbKkJ6ARAho2AJ4kRjTs+vu0gNTknqDJlq1sMSoILgCcDqfg 9Pnw2j8NOpKKd4bt4v5pT34= =FJlr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart9429547.DNDYDzijET--
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