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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Nigel I Phillip <speshy@juno.com>
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Subject: Re: Unable to complete Installation of FreeBSD
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On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, Nigel I Phillip wrote:

> I had downloaded the 2.1.7.1 release boot.flp and all the bin/ files for
> a basic installation of
> FreeBSD.
> I am using a Pentium 120mhz;16mb ram; 120mb hdd; cd-rom;
> and decided to install under the novice option. The boot process for the 
> installation went fine, the partitioning and slicing went good.
> 
> I encounted problems when i had to enter a user(me) instead of going in
> as 'root'.
> After entering the infomation i get the message "The pw command exited
> with 
> unexpected status 99"
> I clicked okay i and got sent back to the add user/add group dialog.
> I changed the options tirelessly even using the hints at the bottom of
> the screen.
> Same message, i then choose option NO to add new user.

Hm, sysinstall doesn't like you.  You can do all this manually after you
get started.

Go ahead and set the timezone, then exit post-install and the installer.
Reboot.  Once you get FreeBSD started, login as `root' with no password.
Run the program `adduser' to create an account for yourself. When you're
done, run `passwd' to set a password for root (aka the system admin).
When done, `exit' then log in as yourself.

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