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From: "Stuart Duckworth" <ITServices@cableinet.co.uk>
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Hi all,

Perhaps I was a little hasty when I used the adjective "clean" back 
there.  When I shutdown everything was fine but when I booted 
again I got an error ... it would not boot.

So I told it

> boot /kernel.last

and up came FBSD again.  All working and okay.  I shall have to 
copy kernel.last into the boot file.

I was surprised when X work first time.  I am having a little trouble 
installing a window manager, I have tried to get Afterstep in using 
/stand/sysinstall but it gives me an error trying to read xpm-3.4k.  I 
have xpm in a directory on the DOS drive from where I have been 
installing but installation program does not see it.  I need to be able 
to mount the DOS drive and get at the files.

It's a bit daunting to have this OS, the best in the world I'm told, 
like a large blank canvas and not knowing what to paint on it.  I 
think I should set myself a few targets and work slowly towards 
them.  For example: get the printer working, mount the DOS drive 
at ad0, get the ethernet link working so I can mount the modem.

Anyone out there doing the same kind of stuff?

Stuart.

On 6 Jun 01, at 19:35, ML Duke wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Stuart Duckworth wrote:
> 
> Congratulations (especially on X).
> 
> Welcome to Free BSD.
> 
> ML Duke
> 
> > Hey I did it.
> > 
> > Clean install *and* I got X up and running too.
> > 
> > I must be doing something right.
> > 
> > Now all I have to do is learn how to use it.
> > 
> > Stuart
> > 
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