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Date:      Sat, 13 Apr 1996 23:28:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Annelise Anderson <ANDRSN@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU>
To:        brillp@nation.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: help for a "dos'sy"
Message-ID:  <01I3IE4FCW1I001YSS@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU>

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>Hi,
>I am what you would call a =91UNIX Novice=92 however, I am very good with D=
>OS, win95, & Mac OS=92s
>I have just spent the week, getting FreBSD to install and run, on a spare s=
>ystem I have (DX2 4megs, mono vid) =

>Anyhow, I finally got it to boot, but now am lost as to how it works, I hav=
>e figured out how to navigate, etc=85 =

>but the structure make no sense to me=85 i.e. that I gather, the OS has sev=
>eral "layers" of users=85 It would be =

>helpful for me, in learning the new system, if I could make one user, that =
>could access the whole system. Can =

>you tell me how I can do this?

>Also, is there a "help for DOS guru=92s manual" or some such thing? I have =
>read the DOS users FAQ, but it=92s not =

>helping much

>Brill Pappin

Brill,

I have been working on a few notes for people in just your situation,
who are new not only to FreeBSD but to any variety of Unix as well,
as this was the situation I was in about six months ago.

I will send you a copy of it by electronic mail.  

Annelise





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