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Date:      Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:25:39 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>,  FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode
Message-ID:  <b79ecaef0904080425y194853a4kc09889661ea66789@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904081320580.9049@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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2009/4/8 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>:
>> =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

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