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Date:      Mon, 02 Dec 1996 10:37:47 +0200
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        gw@cyber-coupon.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: guru in Washington, DC area?
Message-ID:  <32A2955B.8B0@barcode.co.il>
References:  <9612012307.D45ty@cyber-coupon.com>

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gw wrote:
> 
> Sorry to be a nuisance.
> 
> I've tried to install freebsd three times now.  Each time remounting the
> drive (a dedicated hard drive of its own) and reformating with dos.  Then
> using use entire drive, etc.  I can get the installed menu up and get
> myself in as add newuser.  But then I cannot get a prompt.
> I boot with the boot disk in the floppy drive.  On one install I acutally
> got boot manager to come up.  But then I had no login or password to use
> sustem.  arrgh!

For that you don't need a guru. If you didn't set up a password for it, you
can log in after the installation as root without a password.

> 
> I have a serious commitment to learning UNIX but cannot get past what
> seems to be very basic issues.  Are there any gurus in the Washington DC
> area that you know of??
> 
> thanks
> 
> gary woodward
Nadav



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