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On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 14:21 +0100, shonbir singh tomar wrote:
> hello, 
>   i have installed the freebsd but i  dont know how to use it after installation a black scrren comes prompting for login and password after login by root or user a # or $ sign appears its the console mode how i want to use window mode how can i use it plz help me
>   i am a new user to bsd 
>   i will be very thankful to u if u help me plz...................
>   contact me as soon as possible plz.......

Hi Shonbir,

Welcome, the handbook is your friend:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

specifically this section if you're looking for a workstation:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html


Bob