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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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"james heck" <honda95ex@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I just installed 5.2.1 via download onto cdr media. I left about 10 gigs 
> open for freebsd, and left 9 for my win2000. the dual boot works fine on my 
> dell laptop, however when i go to load freebsd 5.2.1, i cant get into a 
> graphical interface. Instead it stays in a "dos-like" interface with 
> commands only.

Bite your tongue!

Microsoft tried for _years_ to make the DOS command line as powerful as
a Unix shell and failed miserably.

> It recognizes my user name and the admin name of root, but 
> there is only a command line and no background. i installed cd1, i have a 
> boot only and a second disc which i have not installed. please point me in 
> the correct direction

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html

Once you've read that, if you hit problems following the instructions,
don't hesitate to ask specific questions on this list.  We'll be happy
to help.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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