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From: Shishir Belbase <shishpop@ftp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbie needs help
Date: 12 Feb 1996 15:38:26 GMT
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To: franmi19@usa.pipeline.com

>franmi19@usa.pipeline.com(Matt SanMig) wrote:
>Hello to the people out there! 
>      I've just installed Freebsd rel. 2.1.0 by way of floppies.  System
>boots up fine but I get a prompt for login? and password? 
>Is there a secret to this or I did a wrong installation? 
> 


You did nothing wrong.  Just login as "root" and it should not 
ask you for a password becasue it is a new installation.  Once 
you are in, change your ROOT password with the "passwd" 
command.


shishir