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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:53:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Armando Campble <acampble@c-com.net>
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Subject: Re: installation error VTY1
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Armando Campble wrote:

> Hi guys I have been trying to reinstall the freebsd on my system from
> the /stand/sysinstall, because I first had a Amnesiac Freebsd and after
> the root password was not accepted so I went and use password -l and
> change it but a still have some bugs in the system I asoom. Now when a
> try to reinstall it as I mention it send a error msg saying something
> about "VTY1".

This probably means you should _check_ vty1, i.e, press ALT-F2 to switch
to that console. Press ALT-F1 to switch back.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major