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Date:      Tue, 23 Jul 1996 23:12:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@uswest.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Syquest install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960723231043.494C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199607231435.JAA27942@astro.acs.uswest.com>

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On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Paul T. Root wrote:

> Anyway, I'm guessing if I want to install on the syquest, I should do
> it from the boot disk? Is that right. That way, sd0 won't get messed with.
> Am I right?

That or do it manually (fdisk/newfs/disklabel).  Or even better,
disconnect the hard disks.

> Oh, after restoring and rebooting, I needed passwords to be able to
> get logged in thru xdm. I have allowNullPasswd (however it's spelled
> and capitalized) in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources, that didn't get
> clobbered. Am I missing something?

Dunno.  Why not log in on the console and give yourself a password?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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