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Date:      Mon, 06 Oct 2003 10:22:06 -0400
From:      Bob Collins <freebsd@anything-inc.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD Question
Message-ID:  <5.2.0.9.0.20031006102058.00a9b4c0@anything-inc.com>
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>>I'm a Unix newbie who just installed BSD 5.1.  I made it through the
>>installation without too much of a hassel and I went ahead and added
>>XFree86 in the installation, along with the BSD Boot Manager since I'm
>>dual booting with Windows.  I have a 40 gig HD for Windows then I have 2
>>separate 120 gig HD raided in 0 config for BSD.  The boot manager is
>>installed with the rest of BSD on the raid but when it loads and I go to
>>pick, both options boot to BSD.  F1 is labeled FreeBSD and F5 is labeled
>>Drive 1, which I was under the illusion should be windows but it turns
>>out its not.
>[snip]

When you installed XFree86, did you also install a desktop manager? You can 
install X without a window manager.... 



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