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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!ccnet.com!usenet From: gbernard@dbc.com (Greg Bernard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbie needs help Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 20:47:42 GMT Organization: CCnet Communications (510-988-7140 guest) Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4fo9ge$j99@ccnet2.ccnet.com> References: <4fmns7$h2e@news1.usa.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.217.9.49 franmi19@usa.pipeline.com(Matt SanMig) wrote: > > >Hello to the people out there! > > I've just installed Freebsd rel. 2.1.0 by way of floppies. System >boots up fine but I get a prompt for login? and password? >Is there a secret to this or I did a wrong installation? > > I FTP'ed Bin Dist., Manpages and Dict. Are there any other files I >should get to make this OS work? > > Any help will be much appreciated. > > >matt san miguel Sounds to me like you missed the part of the installation to change the root password and add new users to the system. Stick the install floppy in and reboot, and choose these options to set them. I think they are the last two in the Proceed menu. gb Greg Bernard Data Broadcasting Corp. gbernard@dbc.com 1900 S. Norfolk St. All opionions, if I had any, are my own. San Mateo, CA 94404