The installation process is divided into two parts: Installation and Configuration. The installation process can be aborted at any point to the final warning.

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Installing that first unix system can be pretty intimidating. For myself, the biggest part of this was a "fear of the unknown."  I didn't know what to expect.  Most of the websites about unix/freebsd were way over my head or were not very specific about installation.

I was essentially new to using unix and getting ready to install FreeBSD.  I decided to keep notes through the process and share my first experience with installing a unix type operating system, FreeBSD.

This does not take the place of any instructions provided in the FreeBSD book or documentation. In fact, these notes follow those documents. The discussion here is specific to a particular hardware combination (mine) and internet provider (Starnet / Treefort). Every situation will be different and have to be adjusted accordingly.
 

If you have any data/files on the system that you might ever want, make backups! This is a good time to review the documentation for the system and make notes of hardware model numbers and configurations.

I'm one of the types that work best when things are organized. In general, I followed the flow of the book and typically planned to follow the simplest approach possible for the first install.
 

FreeBSD can be obtained by downloading from the web or purchased as a CD/Book package from Walnut Creek. Installing from cd-rom was recommended as the fastest, easiest method (true!). The book provides a lot of guidance in the installation process and explainations of many aspects of FreeBSD.

Important: Check the errata page at http://www.lemis.com/errata-2.html for corrections and updates. There are items relating to the installation and configuration.
 

There are several methods described in the documentation for making the boot floppy to start the installation process. Everything needed is on the CD-ROM. I chose a method using rawrite since it was the easiest to use and was the fallback method if others didn't work.

Only one is needed. I also made another as a backup. Label the disk right away. It is no longer readable by dos. This is an image copy process and not the dos copy. Here's a screen representation of the process:

Boot-up

Starting the install program will not make any changes to the system until a "Last Chance: Are you SURE your want continue the installation?" warning message appears. The option to exit the installation aborts everything. It will prompt you to remove the boot diskette and the system will reboot to its original state.

The CD must be in the drive before you boot in order for the drive to be found by the hardware probe. Put the FreeBSD CD in the cdrom drive and the boot disk in the floppy drive, A:  Then press RESET. The normal startup screens display until it starts booting from the floppy.

The "twirling baton" indicates that its starting to load.  A "boot:     " prompt will appear with some instructions for different startup modes. Do nothing and in about 10 seconds, it will continue to boot. After the version message, three options are presented for continuing.
 

 

Skip kernel configuration and continue with installation.   Start kernel configuration in full screen Visual mode.   Start kernel configuration in CLI mode.

 

I chose the "Start kernel configuration in full screen Visual mode" as the book recommended for first-timers. This starts the UserConfig program which is used to tell the system what hardware to probe for and where to look. The best way to learn the UserConfig is to practice a few times.

 

---Active-Drivers---------------------------23 Conflicts------Dev---IRQ--Port--  Storage:                   (Collapsed)  Network:                 (Collapsed)  Communications:      (Collapsed)  Input:                       (Collapsed)  Multimedia:  PCI:                         (Collapsed)  Miscellaneous:  ---Inactive-Drivers--------------------------------------------Dev----------------  Storage:  Network:  Communications:      (Collapsed)  Input:                       (Collapsed)  Multimedia:  PCI:  Miscellaneous:          (Collapsed)  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  [Enter] Expand device list                 [X] Expand all lists  [TAB] Switch fields                          [Q] Save and Exit                     [ ? ] Help

 
The UserConfig screen is divided into two parts: Active Drivers at the top and Inactive Drivers below. The TAB key toggles you between the two screens. The up and down arrows allow different items in each screen to be highlighted.

Some items will have a "collapsed" notation meaning that if you highlight it and press ENTER, the list will be expanded.

The navigation messages and currently available options are displayed at the bottom.

At the top of the screen, the number of "conflicts" will appear. This indicates that two or more drivers have the same address/IRQ. They are not important if the devices don't actually exist but each one needs to be considered and any real conflicts resolved. Some types of conflicts are permitted and will be indicated in the message area.

Highlighting an Active Driver type and pressing ENTER will allow changing of its address and IRQ settings. Highlighting and pressing DEL will move an Active Driver type to the Inactive Driver list. If the unused driver was one creating a "conflict", the number of conflicts shown will be reduced. I just left all the unused drivers since they weren't really a problem.

After I was finished, I pressed "Q" to quit and answered "Y" to confirm save the parameters before exiting. The device probing will start and roll off the screen. The results need to be examined to verify the hardware was found.

When the probing is finished, the main installation screen will display. Pressing Scroll Lock and then Page Up/Page Down will allow viewing of the results. Pressing Scroll Lock again will return to the main installation window.

The first time I ran the UserConfig device probe, I noticed two problems: No mouse and no cdrom were detected.

I had a PS/2 mouse so I had to add the driver probe to the Active Drivers from the Inactive Driver. I pressed TAB to switch to the Inactive Drivers list, highlighted Input and pressed Enter to expand the list. I then selected psm0 and pressed Enter. This moved it to the Active Driver list. Exiting the install and running UserConfig again, it found the mouse.

The cd rom not being found was a much tougher problem. After a few tries, a bit of research and telephone calls, the Mitsumi cd-rom turned out to be a Mitsumi proprietary model used with Gateway's proprietary sound blaster card. Neither piece of hardware was useable so they were removed. I replaced it with a Mitsumi FX410E3 which could be connected directly to the IDE controller. The probe will not detect it as the mcd0 Mitsumi cd-rom but it will work configured in this manner. The device probing then found all the hardware.
 

Pressing Scroll Lock and then Page Up / Page Down allows you to view the results of the probing. Exit this mode by pressing Scroll Lock again will take you back to the menu.
(note: I added comments at the right side for clarity)

Main Install Screen

 

Welcome to FreeBSD! [2.2.5 - RELEASE] This is the main menu of the FreeBSD installation system.  Please select one of the options below by using the arrow keys or typing the first character of the option name you're interested in.  Invoke an option by pressing [ENTER] or [TAB-ENTER] to exit the installation.  1 Usage         Quick start - How to use this menu system  2 Doc           Installation instructions, README, etc.  3 Keymap        Select keyboard type  4 Options       View/Set various installation options  5 Novice        Begin a novice installation (for beginners) 6 Express       Begin a quick installation (for the impatient)  7 Custom        Begin a custom installation (for experts)  8 Fixit         Enter repair mode with CDROM/floppy or shell start  9 Upgrade       Upgrade an existing system  c Configure     Do a post-install configuration of FreeBSD  l Load Config   Load default install configuration  0 Index         Glossary of functions  [Select] Exit Install [ Press F1 for Installation Guide ]

 
I selected "Novice" installation (obviously). The term novice refers to the installation process and not experience with unix.
 

The FDISK Partition Editor displayed my present disk geometry with DOS and Windows installed. A list of menu items is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

I took the easy approach and selected the (A)ll command to use all disk space to FreeBSD and (Q)uit.  The screen displayed:
 

User Confirmation Requested Do you want to do this with a true partition entry so as to remain cooperative with any future possible operating systems on the drive(s)?  (See also the section about "dangerously dedicated" disks in the FreeBSD FAQ.)  [ Yes ] No [ Press enter to continue ]

 
 I selected yes on the premis of keeping my options open. The screen now displayed:
 

Disk name: wd0                            FDISK Partition Editor   Disk Geometry 989 cyls/15 heads/56 sectors = 837760 sectors   Offset     Size      End    Name  PType     Desc  Subtype  Flags        0       56       55       -      6   unused        0       56   830704   830759   wd0s1      3  freebsd      165  C       The following commands are supported (in upper or lower case)  A = Use Entire Disk   B = Bad Block Scan       C = Create Slice  D = Delete Slice      G = Set Drive Geometry   S = Set Bootable  T = Change Type       U = Undo All Changes     Q = Quit  Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select.

 
I highlighted the freebsd slice (partition) and (S)et it Bootable by pressing "S".
 
 

Disk name: wd0                            FDISK Partition Editor   Disk Geometry 989 cyls/15 heads/56 sectors = 837760 sectors   Offset     Size      End    Name  PType     Desc  Subtype  Flags        0       56       55       -      6   unused        0       56   830704   830759   wd0s1      3  freebsd      165  CA       The following commands are supported (in upper or lower case)  A = Use Entire Disk   B = Bad Block Scan       C = Create Slice  D = Delete Slice      G = Set Drive Geometry   S = Set Bootable  T = Change Type       U = Undo All Changes     Q = Quit  Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select.

 
The Flags column now indicates "CA".  This part is finished so I pressed (Q)uit.
 

 

Install Boot Manager for drive wd0? FreeBSD comes with a boot selector that allows you to easily select between FreeBSD and anyother operating systems on your machine at boot time. If you have more than one drive and want to boot from the second one, the boot selector will also make it possible to do so (limitations in the PC BIOS usually prevent this otherwise). If you do not want a boot selector, or wish to replace an existing one, select "standard". If you would prefer your Master Boot record to remain untouched then select "None".  NOTE: PC-DOS users will almost certainly require "None"!  ( ) BootMgr     Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager ("Booteasy")  (*) Standard    Install a standard MBR (no boot manager) ( ) None        Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager ("Booteasy")  [ OK ] Cancel [ Press F1 to read about drive setup ]

 
I planned on using FreeBSD alone since the drive was small. I highlighted the Standard option with the arrow keys then pressed the space bar to select the item. The star reflects the current choice. When finished, press OK to proceed.

 I chose Auto Defaults for all and the display changed to:

I had no particular reason to alter the auto defaults so I just accepted them and proceeded with the installation.
 

 

Choose Distributions As a convenience, we provide several "canned" distribution sets. These select what we consider to be the most reasonable defaults for the type of system in question. If you would prefer to pick and choose the list of distributions yourself, simply select "Custom". You can also pick a canned distribution set and then fine-tune it with the Custom item.  Choose an item by pressing [SPACE]. When you are finished, choose the Exit item or press [ENTER].  [ ] 1 Developer      Full sources, binaries and doc but no games  [ ] 2 X-Developer    Same as above, but includes the X Window system  [ ] 3 Kern-Developer Full binaries and doc, kernel sources only  [ ] 4 User           Average user - binaries and doc only  [ ] 5 X-User         Same as above but includes the X Window System [ ] 6 Minimal        The smallest configuration possible  [ ] 7 Custom         Specify your own distribution set  [ ] 8 All            All sources and binaries (incl X Window System)      9 Clear          Reset selected distribution list to nothing  <<< 0 Exit           Exit this menu (returning to previous)  [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 for Information on these options ]

 
Highlighting the selection and pressing the space bar will display the options available for that selection:

 

XFree86 3.3.1 Distribution Please select the components you need from the XFree86 3.3.1 distribution sets.    Basic      Basic component menu (required) Server     X server menu  Fonts      Font set menu  All        Select all XFree86 distribution sets  Clear      Reset XFree86 distribution list  Exit       Exit this menu (returning to previous) [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
Highlighting the Basic component menu and pressing ENTER will display:
 

XFree86 3.3.1 base distribution types Please check off the basic XFree86 components you wish to install. Bin, lib, and set are recommended for a minimum installation.   [X] bin       Client applications and shared libs   [X] cfg       Configuration Files   [X] doc       READMEs and release notes   [X] html      HTML documentation files   [X] lib       Data files needed at runtime   [ ] lk98      Server link kit for PC98 machines   [ ] lkit      Server link kit for all other machines   [X] man       Manual pages   [ ] prog      Programmer's header and library files   [ ] ps        Postscript documentation   [X] set       XFree86 Setup Utility   [ ] csources  XFree86 3.3.1 standard sources   [ ] sources   XFree86 3.3.1 contrib sources       All       Select all of the above       Clear     Reset all of the above  <<<  Exit      Exit this menu (returning to previous) [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
The black "X" is the default selections. The blue "X" indicates options I additionally selected.

Choose an item by pressing [SPACE]. When you are finished, choose the Exit item or press [ENTER] will return to the XFree86 menu.
 

XFree86 3.3.1 Distribution Please select the components you need from the XFree86 3.3.1 distribution sets.  Basic      Basic component menu (required)  Server     X server menu Fonts      Font set menu  All        Select all XFree86 distribution sets  Clear      Reset XFree86 distribution list  Exit       Exit this menu (returning to previous) [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
X-Windows needs the proper drivers for the hardware used. This is very important since hardware damage can occur if the setup is not correct. Read the section in the book very carefully.

Highlighting the X server menu item and pressing ENTER will display:
 

X Server selection Please check off the types of X servers you wish to install. If you are unsure as to which server will work for your graphics card, it is recommended that you try the SVGA or VGA16 servers or, for PC98 machines, the 9EGC or 9840 servers.   [X] SVGA      Standard VGA or Super VGA card   [X] VGA16     Standard 16 color VGA card   [ ] Mono      Standard Monochrome card   [ ] 8514      8-bit (256 color IBM 8514 or compatible card   [ ] AGX       8-bit AGX card   [ ] I128      8, 16 and 24 bit #9 Imagine I128 card   [ ] Ma8       8-bit ATI Mach8 card   [X] Ma32      8 and 16-bit (65K color) ATI Mach32 card   [ ] Ma64      8 and 16-bit (65K color) ATI Mach64 card   [ ] P9K       8, 16 and 24-bit color Weitek P9000 based boards   [ ] S3        8, 16 and 24-bit color S3 based boards   [ ] S3V       8, 16 and 24-bit color S3 Virge based boards   [ ] W32       8-bit ET4000/W32, /W32I and /W32p cards   [ ] nest      A nested server for testing purposes   [ ] vfb       A virtual frame-buffer server   > > PC98      Select an X server for a NEC PC98 [submenu]       All       Select all of the above       Clear     Reset all of the above  <<<  Exit      Exit this menu (returning to previous) [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
The VGA16 must be selected in order to use the X config tool. Select the x-server needed for your particular video card. I was able to refer to my system documents and find the information. I would have selected "ALL" at this point if I had not been sure of my particular video card.

Highlight "Exit" then "OK" and press enter to return to the XFree86 menu.
 

XFree86 3.3.1 Distribution Please select the components you need from the XFree86 3.3.1 distribution sets.  Basic      Basic component menu (required)  Server     X server menu  Fonts      Font set menu All        Select all XFree86 distribution sets  Clear      Reset XFree86 distribution list  Exit       Exit this menu (returning to previous) [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
Highlighting the Font set menu item and pressing ENTER will display:
 

Font distribution selection Please check off the individual font distributions you wish to install.  At the minimum you should install the standard 75 DPI and misc fonts if you're also installing a server (these are selected by default).   [X] fnts      Standard 75 DPI and miscellaneous fonts   [ ] f100      100 DPI fonts   [ ] fcyr      Cyrillic Fonts   [ ] fscl      Speedo and Type scalable fonts   [ ] non       Japanese, Chinese and other non-english fonts   [ ] server    Font server       All       All fonts       Clear     Reset fonts selections  <<<  Exit      Exit this menu (returning to previous) [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
Select any fonts you may want. These can also be added later.

Highlight "Exit" then "OK" and press enter to return to the XFree86 menu.
 

XFree86 3.3.1 Distribution Please select the components you need from the XFree86 3.3.1 distribution sets.  Basic      Basic component menu (required)  Server     X server menu  All        Select all XFree86 distribution sets  Clear      Reset XFree86 distribution list  Exit       Exit this menu (returning to previous)   [OK] Cancel [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
To leave the XFree86 menu and continue with the installation, highlight "Exit" then "OK" and press enter.

The options for encryption display after leaving the XFree86 menu.
 

User Confirmation Requested Do you wish to install DES cryptographic software?  If you choose No, FreeBSD will use an MD5 based password scheme which, while perhaps more secure, is not interoperable with the traditional UNIX DES passwords on other non-FreBSD systems.  Please do NOT choose Yes at this point if you are outside the United States and Canada yet are installing from a U.S. FTP server. This will violate U.S. export restrictions and possibly get the server site into trouble! In such cases, install everything but the DES distribution from the U.S. server then switch your media type to point to an international FTP server, using the Custom installation option to select and extract the DES distribution in a second pass.  [ Yes ] No [ Press F1 to read the XFree86 release notes for FreeBSD ]

 
Although I wasn't sure, this sounded like a good idea from a compatibility standpoint so I proceeded with it.
 

Select the encryption facilities you wish to install Please check off the any special DES-based encryption distributions you would like to install. Please note that these services are NOT FOR EXPORT from the United States. For information on non-U.S. FTP distributions of this software, please consult the release notes.   [X] des       Basic DES encryption services   [ ] krb       Kerberos encryption services   [ ] sebones   Sources for eBopnes (Kerberos)   [ ] ssecure   Sources for DES  <<<  Exit      Exit this menu (returning to previous) [OK] Cancel

 
I highlighted "des" and pressed the space bar to select it. I had never used Kerberos before so I figured I probably wouldn't need it now.

Highlight "Exit" then "OK" and press enter to return to proceed with the installation.

 

User Confirmation Requested Would you like to install the FreeBSD ports collection?  This will give you ready access to over 1000 ported software packages, though at a cost of around 35MB of disk space when "clean" and possibly much more than that if a lot of the distribution tarballs are loaded (unless you have the 4th CD from a FreeBSD CDROM distribution available and can mount it on /cdrom, in which case this is far less of a problem).  The ports collection is a very valuable resource and, if you have at lease 100MB to spare in your /usr partition, well worth having around.  For more information on the ports collection & the latest ports, visit:   http://www.freebsd.org/ports   [ Yes ] No

 
The installation program doesn't check to see if you have adequate space. Don't select this option unless you have *plenty* of hard disk space. The ports can be added as needed later.

Select "No" then press enter to return to the Distributions menu.
 

Choose Distributions As a convenience, we provide several "canned" distribution sets. These select what we consider to be the most reasonable defaults for the type of system in question. If you would prefer to pick and choose the list of distributions yourself, simply select "Custom". You can also pick a canned distribution set and then fine-tune it with the Custom item.  Choose an item by pressing [SPACE]. When you are finished, choose the Exit item or press [ENTER].  [ ] 1 Developer      Full sources, binaries and doc but no games  [ ] 2 X-Developer    Same as above, but include the X Window system  [ ] 3 Kern-Developer Full binaries and doc, kernel sources only  [ ] 4 User           Average user - binaries and doc only  [ ] 5 X-User         Same as above but includes the X Window System  [ ] 6 Minimal        The smallest configuration possible  [ ] 7 Custom         Specify your own distribution set  [ ] 8 All            All sources and binaries (incl X Window System      9 Clear          Reset selected distribution list to nothing  <<< 0 Exit           Exit this menu (returning to previous) [ OK ] Cancel [ Press F1 for Information on these options ]

 
That completes the selection of options to install. If something needs to be changed, this process can be repeated at this time. The previously selected options are retained the items can be changed by highlighting and pressing the space bar.

After finishing, highlight "Exit" then "OK" and press enter to continue with installation.

 

Choose Installation Media FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of different installation media, ranging from floppies to an Internet FTP server. If you're installing FreeBSD from a supported CDROM drive then this is generally the best media to use if you have no overriding reason for using other media.      1 CDROM          Install from a FreeBSD CDROM     2 FTP            Install from an FTP server      3 FTP Passive    Install from an FTP server through a firewall      4 DOS            Install from a DOS partition      5 NFS            Install over NFS      6 File System    Install from an existing filesystem      7 Floppy         Install from a floppy disk set      8 Tape           Install from SCSI or QIC tape      9 Options        Go to the Options screen  [ OK ] Cancel [ Press F1 for Information on these options ]

 
After highlighting "CDROM" then "OK", press enter to proceed with installation.

 

User Confirmation Requested Last Chance! Are you SURE you want to continue the installation?  If you're running this on a disk with data you wish to save then WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE PROPER BACKUPS before proceeding!  We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents!   [ Yes ] No

 
CAUTION: This is the point of no return. Selecting "No" will allow you to exit and no changes will be made to the system. Selecting "Yes" and pressing enter will proceed with the installation.

A lot of various progress messages will appear as the actual installation progresses. The time it will take varies on the installation and speed of the machine. Mine took about 25 minutes.

Toward the end of the process a "Remaking all devices.. Please wait!" message will appear. This process will take a few minutes and be followed by "Fixing Permissions" message.

Then, hopefully, the following message will appear:
 

Message Congratulations! You now have FreeBSD installed on your system.  We will now move on to the final configuration questions.  For any option you do not wish to configure, simply select No.  If you wish to re-enter this utility after the system is up, you may do so by typing: /stand/sysinstall .   [ OK ]

 
You are entitled dance about the room and yell "WooHoo"!

There are remaining screens which allow you to do some configuration at this point. These can also be configured later by using /stand/sysinstall and do a post-install configuration of FreeBSD.

 

User Confirmation Requested Would you like to configure Ethernet or SLIP/PPP network devices?  [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Will this machine be an IP gateway (e.g. will it forward packets between interfaces)?  [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Do you want to allow anonymous FTP connections to this machine?  [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Do you want to configure this machine as an NFS server?  [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Do you want to configure this machine as an NFS client?  [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Would you like to customize your system console settings?  [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Would you like to set this machine's time zone now?  [ Yes ] No

 

User Confirmation Requested Is this machine's CMOS clock set to UTC? If it is set to local time please choose NO here!  [ Yes ] No

 

Time Zone Selector Select a region     1      Africa      2      America -- North and South     3      Antartica      4      Arctic Ocean      5      Asia      6      Atlantic Ocean      7      Australia      8      Europe      9      Indian Ocean      0      Pacfic Ocean  [ OK ] Cancel

 

Countries in America -- North and South Select a country     44     Africa      45     United States     46     Uruguay      47     Venezuela      48     Virgin Islands (British)      49     Virgin Islands (U.S.)  [ OK ] Cancel

 

United States Time Zones Select a zone which observes the same time as your locality     12     Mountain Time - Navajo      13     Mountain Standard Time - Arizona     14     Pacfic Time      15     Alaska Time      16     Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle  [ OK ] Cancel

 

Confirmation Does the abbreviation 'MST' look reasonable? [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Does this system have a mouse connected to it? [ Yes ] No

 

Please select your mouse type from the following menu There are many different types of mice currently on the market, but this configuration menu should at least narrow down the choices somewhat. Once you've selected one of the below, you can specify /dev/mouse as your mouse device when running the X configuration utility (see Configuration menu). Please note that for PS/2 mice, you need to enable the psm driver in the kernel configuration menu when installing for the first time.   ( ) COM1      Serial mouse on COM1   ( ) COM2      Serial mouse on COM1   ( ) COM3      Serial mouse on COM1   ( ) COM4      Serial mouse on COM1   ( ) BusMouse  Logitech or ATI bus mouse    (*) PS/2      PS/2 style mouse (must enable psm0 device) [  OK  ] Cancel [ For more information, visit the Documentation Menu ]

 
I had a PS/2 connected so it was selected with the arrow keys and the space bar pressed to activate it, pressed ENTER.

 

User Confirmation Requested Would you like to configure your X server at this time? [ Yes ] No

 
This can be done now or later using /stand/sysinstall. For simplicity, I decided to do it later.

 

User Confirmation Requested The FreeBSD package collection is a collection of hundreds of ready-to-run applications, from text editors to games to WEB servers and more. Would you like to browse the collection now?  [ Yes ] No

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Would you like to add any initial user accounts to the system? Adding at least one account for yourself at this stage is suggested since working as the "root" user is dangerous (it is easy to do things which adversely affect the entire system).  [ Yes ] No

 

User and group management The submenus here allow to manipulate user groups and login accounts      Add user     Add a new user to the system     Add group    Add a new user group to the system      Exit         Exit this menu (returning to previous)  [ OK ] Cancel [ Configure your user groups and users ]

 
 

User and Group Management Add a new User Login ID: mrx UID: 1001 Group:   Password: ******** Full name:  Mister Eks   Member groups:   Home directory:    Login shell:  /bin/sh   [ OK ] Cancel

 

Login ID  UID  Group  Password  Full name  Member groups  Home directory  Login shell

The login name of the new user (mandatory)  The numerical ID for this user (leave blank for automatic choice)  The login group name for this user (leave blank for automatic choice  The password for this user (enter this field with care!)  The user's full name (comment)  The groups this user belongs to (i.e. gets access rights for)  The user's home directory (leave blank for default)  The user's login shell (leave blank for default)

 

User and group management The submenus here allow to manipulate user groups and login accounts      Add user     Add a new user to the system      Add group    Add a new user group to the system      Exit         Exit this menu (returning to previous) [ OK ] Cancel [ Configure your user groups and users ]

 

 

Message Now you must set the system manager's password.   This is the password you'll use to log in as "root".  [ OK ] [ Press enter to continue ]

 

Changing local password for root.  New password :  Retype new password :

 

 

User Confirmation Requested Would you like to register your FreeBSD system at this time?  PLEASE, take just 5 minutes to do this. If we're ever to get any significant base of commercial software for FreeBSD, we need to be able to provide more information about the size of our user community. This is where your registration can really help us, and you can also sign up for the new FreeBSD newsletter (its free!) at the same time.  [ Yes ] No

 

Message OK, but if you should change your mind then you always can register later by typing "/stand/sysinstall register" or by simply visiting our web site at http://www.freebsd.org/register.html  [ OK ] [ Press enter to continue ]

 

Change Configuration Option

 

User Confirmation Requested Visit the general configuration menu for a chance to set any last options?  [ Yes ] No

 

Exiting Install

 

User Confirmation Requested Are you sure you wish to exit? The system will reboot (be sure to remove any floppies from the drives).  [ Yes ] No

 
Remove the boot disk from the floppy drive, highlight "Yes" and press enter. The system will reboot into FreeBSD.