From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 8 05:58:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA07073 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 05:58:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA06890 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 05:57:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue2@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue2@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA09832; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:56:20 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980608225612.07176@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:56:12 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Nick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question References: <000901bb5511$460bbd00$4f0423cb@MEMPHIS.TPGI.COM.AU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <000901bb5511$460bbd00$4f0423cb@MEMPHIS.TPGI.COM.AU>; from Nick on Sat, Jun 08, 1996 at 06:05:31PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG (Nick, I've taken the liberty of reformatting your message with lines wrapping at 75 characters so it fits in our standard mail reading windows) On Sat, Jun 08, 1996 at 06:05:31PM +1000, Nick wrote: > > I have just installed FreeBSD version 2.2.6 on my home PC, after much > trouble getting it on (I have multiple operating systems). > > Anyway here's my question: I installed the basic installation (Bin) files > and data security. It sounds like maybe you deliberately installed only a little. Was that because you don't have much space set aside for FreeBSD or because you installed by FTP? If so, let us know because it might restrict whether you can follow the next lot of instructions. > When I run it though it is just like a Unix/Linux system, and gives me a > "$" prompt. I have visited your site much, as well as Walnut Creek Cd's > Site, and the screen shots show a much different operating system (Like a > combo of Win95 and MacOs8). How do i get to this operating system?, and > not just the "$" prompt??? To get this you have to install some more stuff. The "X Window System" is what you're after. You can install that from the ports or packages if you've got space for it. Then it has to be configured to suit your hardware, and then you install and set up a "window manager" (they're small) which will give you almost any look and feel you can dream of. Take a look at http://www.plig.org/xwinman for some example styles to choose from. You gave no indication of how much unix experience you have, if any, so it's difficult to know how much you need spelled out to get you going. If I assume you know nothing, you might hit me if you know a lot :-) Let us know where you're coming from, how much space on the disk you've given to FreeBSD, whether or not you have the CD or a cheap Internet connection, and if the partition is only a few hundred meg send us the output that you get when you type 'df' (without the quotes) at the prompt. If you tell us exactly where you're up to, someone at freebsd-questions can point you in the right direction from there. Meanwhile, look through http://www.freebsd.org/newbies.html in case there's anything else there that helps you too. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message