Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:22:52 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Admin <admin@8hill.com> Cc: free bsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <20000213112252.M17536@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <007401bf763e$ae6bbf10$0c65a8c0@THEAFTERLIFE.LOCAL>; from admin@8hill.com on Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 08:23:35AM -0800 References: <007401bf763e$ae6bbf10$0c65a8c0@THEAFTERLIFE.LOCAL>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
* Admin <admin@8hill.com> [000213 08:56] wrote: > Hi, > I am a hardcore NEWBIE... I was installing for the first > time, Pentium 100 32 MB RAM. 1.5 gig HD.CDROM, and everything was > going good untill I got to the NIC configuration, it asked if I > wanted to search for a DHCP server which I have running but it > hung there, I had to turn it off, I was able to get into the system > but things jsut aren't right, I can log in as root, but withouta > password Im just not sure if I screwed the install up , any Ideas > as too what I shoud do . Reinstall?? I don't know.... Please wrap lines at 70 characters. About the DHCP problem, I've never personally had a DHCP problem with FreeBSD's install program, and without more information about your DHCP setup and network topology, your guess is as good as mine. I don't think you need to reinstall just because you missed the "set administreator's password" option in the install. All you need to do is login as root and type 'passwd root' to set it. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000213112252.M17536>