From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 11:25:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 521CA106567A for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:25:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4D4C8FC1D for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:25:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so73231ewy.43 for ; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:25:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ew+qX6h8Ftnm/G4PIvyBxAhz/Bk1vadrctLN1HVHkvY=; b=RoYhf6hxDL6Vt1OfPhaZmV0luuY7HCAx+WCJLIyAnOqB5mJzn1LQPYYVjJAQXNcn4Q TyVrNKBOtxNMrgUb+0PIJ33kFalSgX9WdSC3ZCtKhlHOmZc7lB9iOwmK22iujQw8MMXP D5DyC579EQj64N5gu3HZx6UOYp8GNODs4tenU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AHdXL22JfW44XLpQu69lmqAsvYxfMn0WdbsCtWNGu+iUxSCztpJLGjvZu1MI/XQry+ oC40jQuhMSkr5fmC5PJFUeEhK/foxbj0QzbawnuF2g0UPZPO68d8RrmDc1goDUIuFkvS aXzOBrlNQkWbE9COMs2R4uzGjy2NsFMDarWtM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.57.12 with SMTP id f12mr1094807eba.4.1239189939893; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:25:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:25:39 +0100 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: Wojciech Puchar , FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:25:41 -0000 2009/4/8 Wojciech Puchar : >> =A0 =A0 I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux & insta= lled >> on my PC. =A0But it starts in DOS Mode. > > how you started FreeBSD in DOS mode? i would like to do so as i sometimes > need to run DOS programs, but i have to boot DOS or use slow dosbox. > > tell me - it's interesting. > _______________________________________________ Pretty sure he meant virtual terminal mode, where all you get is command prompts. There is no DOS mode, but there is a port; emulators/bochs that one can install DOS into. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?