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<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-addusers">
<title>Add Users</title>
<para>Adding at least one user during the installation allows
the system to be used without being logged in as <systemitem
<para>The next menu prompts to create at least one user account.
It is recommended to login to the system using a user account
rather than as <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem>. When logged in as
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, there are
essentially no limits or protection on what can be done.
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</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>Enter the information for the user to be added.</para>
<para>Follow the prompts and input the requested information for
the user account. The example shown in <xref
linkend="bsdinstall-add-user2"/> creates the <systemitem
class="username">asample</systemitem> user account.</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-add-user2">
<title>Enter User Information</title>
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</mediaobject>
</figure>
<itemizedlist>
<title>User Information</title>
<para>Here is a summary of the information to input:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Username</literal> - The name the user will
enter to log in. Typically the first letter of their
first name combined with their last name.</para>
enter to log in. A common convention is to use the first letter of the
first name combined with the last name, as long as each
username is unique for the system. The username is case
sensitive and should not contain any spaces.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Full name</literal> - The user's full
name.</para>
name. This can contain spaces and is used as a
description for the user account.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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<listitem>
<para><literal>Login group</literal> - The user's group.
Typically left blank to accept the default.</para>
Typically this is left blank to accept the default.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Invite <replaceable>user</replaceable> into
other groups?</literal> - Additional groups to which the
user will be added as a member.</para>
user will be added as a member. If the user needs
administrative access, type <literal>wheel</literal>
here.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Shell</literal> - The interactive shell for
this user. In the example, &man.csh.1; has been
chosen.</para>
<para><literal>Shell</literal> - Type in one of the listed
values to set the interactive shell for
the user. Refer to <xref linkend="shells"/> for more
information about shells.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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<listitem>
<para><literal>Use password-based authentication?</literal>
- Typically <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
- Typically <literal>yes</literal> so that the user is
prompted to input their password at login.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Use an empty password?</literal> -
Typically <literal>no</literal>.</para>
Typically <literal>no</literal> as it is insecure to have
a blank password.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Use a random password?</literal> - Typically
<literal>no</literal>.</para>
<literal>no</literal> so that the user can set their own
password in the next prompt.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Enter password</literal> - The actual
<para><literal>Enter password</literal> - The
password for this user. Characters typed will not show on
the screen.</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para><literal>Lock out the account after
creation?</literal> - Typically
<literal>no</literal>.</para>
<literal>no</literal> so that the user can login.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>After entering everything, a summary is shown, and the
system asks if it is correct. If a mistake was made during
entry, enter <literal>no</literal> and try again. If
<para>After entering everything, a summary is shown for review.
If a mistake was made, enter <literal>no</literal> and try again. If
everything is correct, enter <literal>yes</literal> to create
the new user.</para>
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configuration before completing the installation.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Final Configuration Options</title>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Add User</literal> - Described in <xref
linkend="bsdinstall-addusers"/>.</para>
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</itemizedlist>
<para>After any final configuration is complete, select
<guibutton>Exit</guibutton> to leave the installation.</para>
<guibutton>Exit</guibutton>.</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-final-modification-shell">
<title>Manual Configuration</title>
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are any additional configuration that needs to be done before
rebooting into the new system. Select
<guibutton>[&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;]</guibutton> to exit to a shell
within the new system, or
within the new system or
<guibutton>[&nbsp;No&nbsp;]</guibutton> to proceed to the last
step of the installation.</para>
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</figure>
<para>If further configuration or special setup is needed,
selecting <guibutton>[&nbsp;Live&nbsp;CD&nbsp;]</guibutton>
will boot the install media into Live <acronym>CD</acronym>
select <guibutton>[&nbsp;Live&nbsp;CD&nbsp;]</guibutton>
to boot the install media into Live <acronym>CD</acronym>
mode.</para>
<para>When the installation is complete, select
<para>If the installation is complete, select
<guibutton>[&nbsp;Reboot&nbsp;]</guibutton> to reboot the
computer and start the new &os; system. Do not forget to
remove the &os; install <acronym>CD</acronym>,
<acronym>DVD</acronym>, or <acronym>USB</acronym> memory
stick, or the computer may boot from it again.</para>
</sect2>
remove the &os; install media
or the computer may boot from it again.</para>
<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-freebsdboot">
<title>&os; Booting and Shutdown</title>
<sect3 xml:id="bsdinstall-freebsdboot-i386">
<title>&os;/&arch.i386; Booting</title>
<para>As &os; boots, many informational messages are
displayed. Most will scroll off the screen; this is normal.
<para>As &os; boots, informational messages are
displayed.
After the system finishes booting, a login prompt is
displayed. Messages that scrolled off the screen can be
reviewed by pressing <keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> to turn on
the <emphasis>scroll-back buffer</emphasis>. The
<keycap>PgUp</keycap>, <keycap>PgDn</keycap>, and arrow keys
can be used to scroll back through the messages. Pressing
<keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> again unlocks the display and
returns to the normal screen.</para>
<para>At the <prompt>login:</prompt> prompt, enter the
username added during the installation, <systemitem
class="username">asample</systemitem> in the example.
displayed. At the <prompt>login:</prompt> prompt, enter the
username added during the installation.
Avoid logging in as <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> except when
necessary.</para>
<para>The scroll-back buffer examined above is limited in
size, so not all of the messages may have been visible.
After logging in, most of them can be seen from the command
line by typing <command>dmesg | less</command> at the
class="username">root</systemitem>. Refer to <xref
linkend="users-superuser"/> for instructions on how to
become the superuser when administrative access is
needed.</para>
<para>The messages that appeared during boot can be
reviewed by pressing <keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> to turn on
the scroll-back buffer. The
<keycap>PgUp</keycap>, <keycap>PgDn</keycap>, and arrow keys
can be used to scroll back through the messages. When finished, press
<keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> again to unlock the display and
return to the console. To review these messages once the
system has been up for some time, type
<command>less /var/run/dmesg.boot</command> from a command
prompt. Press <keycap>q</keycap> to return to the command
line after viewing.</para>
<para>Typical boot messages (version information
omitted):</para>
<para>If <application>sshd</application> was enabled in <xref
linkend="bsdinstall-config-serv"/>, the first boot may be
a bit slower as the system will generate the <acronym>RSA</acronym> and
<acronym>DSA</acronym> keys. Subsequent boots will be
faster. The fingerprints of the keys will be displayed, as seen in
this example:</para>
<screen>Copyright (c) 1992-2011 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (3007.77-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x10676 Family = 6 Model = 17 Stepping = 6
Features=0x783fbff&lt;FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2&gt;
Features2=0x209&lt;SSE3,MON,SSSE3&gt;
AMD Features=0x20100800&lt;SYSCALL,NX,LM&gt;
AMD Features2=0x1&lt;LAHF&gt;
real memory = 536805376 (511 MB)
avail memory = 491819008 (469 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
ACPI APIC Table: &lt;VBOX VBOXAPIC&gt;
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1
ioapic0 &lt;Version 1.1&gt; irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0: &lt;VBOX VBOXXSDT&gt; on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: Sleep Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: &lt;32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz&gt; port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
cpu0: &lt;ACPI CPU&gt; on acpi0
pcib0: &lt;ACPI Host-PCI bridge&gt; port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: &lt;ACPI PCI bus&gt; on pcib0
isab0: &lt;PCI-ISA bridge&gt; at device 1.0 on pci0
isa0: &lt;ISA bus&gt; on isab0
atapci0: &lt;Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller&gt; port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xd000-0xd00f at device 1.1 on pci0
ata0: &lt;ATA channel 0&gt; on atapci0
ata1: &lt;ATA channel 1&gt; on atapci0
vgapci0: &lt;VGA-compatible display&gt; mem 0xe0000000-0xe0ffffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci0
em0: &lt;Intel(R) PRO/1000 Legacy Network Connection 1.0.3&gt; port 0xd010-0xd017 mem 0xf0000000-0xf001ffff irq 19 at device 3.0 on pci0
em0: Ethernet address: 08:00:27:9f:e0:92
pci0: &lt;base peripheral&gt; at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
pcm0: &lt;Intel ICH (82801AA)&gt; port 0xd100-0xd1ff,0xd200-0xd23f irq 21 at device 5.0 on pci0
pcm0: &lt;SigmaTel STAC9700/83/84 AC97 Codec&gt;
ohci0: &lt;OHCI (generic) USB controller&gt; mem 0xf0804000-0xf0804fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0
usbus0: &lt;OHCI (generic) USB controller&gt; on ohci0
pci0: &lt;bridge&gt; at device 7.0 (no driver attached)
acpi_acad0: &lt;AC Adapter&gt; on acpi0
atkbdc0: &lt;Keyboard controller (i8042)&gt; port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: &lt;AT Keyboard&gt; irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: &lt;PS/2 Mouse&gt; irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
attimer0: &lt;AT timer&gt; port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
sc0: &lt;System console&gt; at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA &lt;16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300&gt;
vga0: &lt;Generic ISA VGA&gt; at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
atrtc0: &lt;AT realtime clock&gt; at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
pcm0: measured ac97 link rate at 485193 Hz
em0: link state changed to UP
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
ugen0.1: &lt;Apple&gt; at usbus0
uhub0: &lt;Apple OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1&gt; on usbus0
cd0 at ata1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
cd0: &lt;VBOX CD-ROM 1.0&gt; Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 65534bytes)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: &lt;VBOX HARDDISK 1.0&gt; ATA-6 device
ada0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, PIO 65536bytes)
ada0: 12546MB (25694208 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada0: Previously was known as ad0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 3007772192 Hz quality 800
Root mount waiting for: usbus0
uhub0: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]...
Setting hostuuid: 1848d7bf-e6a4-4ed4-b782-bd3f1685d551.
Setting hostid: 0xa03479b2.
Entropy harvesting: interrupts ethernet point_to_point kickstart.
Starting file system checks:
/dev/ada0p2: FILE SYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CHECKS
/dev/ada0p2: clean, 2620402 free (714 frags, 327461 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
Mounting local file systems:.
vboxguest0 port 0xd020-0xd03f mem 0xf0400000-0xf07fffff,0xf0800000-0xf0803fff irq 20 at device 4.0 on pci0
vboxguest: loaded successfully
Setting hostname: machine3.example.com.
Starting Network: lo0 em0.
lo0: flags=8049&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3&lt;RXCSUM,TXCSUM&gt;
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=21&lt;PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL&gt;
em0: flags=8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1500
options=9b&lt;RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM&gt;
ether 08:00:27:9f:e0:92
nd6 options=29&lt;PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL&gt;
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT &lt;full-duplex&gt;)
status: active
Starting devd.
Starting Network: usbus0.
DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 10.0.2.2
bound to 192.168.1.142 -- renewal in 43200 seconds.
add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net fe80::: gateway ::1
add net ff02::: gateway ::1
ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib
32-bit compatibility ldconfig path: /usr/lib32
Creating and/or trimming log files.
Starting syslogd.
No core dumps found.
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Updating motd:.
Configuring syscons: blanktime.
Generating public/private rsa1 key pair.
<screen>Generating public/private rsa1 key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.
Your public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
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| . . o . |
| .o. . |
+-----------------+
Starting sshd.
Starting cron.
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.
Starting sshd.</screen>
Thu Oct 6 19:15:31 MDT 2011
<para>Refer to <xref linkend="openssh"/> for more information
about fingerprints and <acronym>SSH</acronym>.</para>
FreeBSD/amd64 (machine3.example.com) (ttyv0)
login:</screen>
<para>Generating the <acronym>RSA</acronym> and
<acronym>DSA</acronym> keys may take some time on slower
machines. This happens only on the initial boot-up of a new
installation, and only if <application>sshd</application> is
set to start automatically. Subsequent boots will be
faster.</para>
<para>&os; does not install graphical environments by default,
but many are available. See <xref linkend="x11"/> for more
information.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-shutdown">
<title>&os; Shutdown</title>
<para>&os; does not install a graphical environment by default.
Refer to <xref linkend="x11"/> for more
information about installing and configuring a graphical
window manager.</para>
<para>Proper shutdown of a &os; computer helps protect data and
even hardware from damage. Do not turn off the power before
the system has been properly shut down. If the user is a
hardware from damage. <emphasis>Do not turn off the power before
the system has been properly shut down!</emphasis> If the user is a
member of the <systemitem
class="groupname">wheel</systemitem> group, become the
superuser by typing <command>su</command> at the command line
and entering the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> password. Otherwise, log
in as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> and use
<command>shutdown -p now</command>. The system will close
down cleanly and turn itself off.</para>
<para>The
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Alt</keycap>
<keycap>Del</keycap>
</keycombo>
key combination can be used to reboot the system, but is not
recommended during normal operation.</para>
class="username">root</systemitem> password. Then, type
<command>shutdown -p now</command> and the system will shut
down cleanly, and if the hardware supports it, turn itself off.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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<primary>installation</primary>
<secondary>troubleshooting</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>The following section covers basic installation
<para>This section covers basic installation
troubleshooting, such as common problems people have
reported.</para>
<sect2>
<title>What to Do If Something Goes Wrong</title>
<para>Due to various limitations of the PC architecture, it is
impossible for probing to be 100% reliable, however, there are
a few things to try if it fails.</para>
<para>Check the Hardware Notes (<link
xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/index.html">http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html</link>)
document for the version of &os; to make sure your hardware is
supported.</para>
<para>If the hardware is supported and lock-ups or other
document for the version of &os; to make sure the hardware is
supported. If the hardware is supported and lock-ups or other
problems occur, build a custom kernel using the instructions
in <xref linkend="kernelconfig"/> to add support for devices
which are not present in the <filename>GENERIC</filename>
kernel. The kernel on the boot disks is configured assuming
kernel. The default kernel assumes
that most hardware devices are in their factory default
configuration in terms of <acronym>IRQ</acronym>s,
<acronym>I/O</acronym> addresses, and <acronym>DMA</acronym>
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kernel configuration file can tell &os; where to find
things.</para>
<para>It is also possible that a probe for a device not present
will cause a later probe for another device that is present to
fail. In that case, the probes for the conflicting driver(s)
should be disabled.</para>
<note>
<para>Some installation problems can be avoided or alleviated
by updating the firmware on various hardware components,
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<acronym>BIOS</acronym> incomplete and the computer
inoperative.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Troubleshooting Questions and Answers</title>
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>My system hangs while probing hardware during boot,
or it behaves strangely during install.</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>&os; makes extensive use of the system
<acronym>ACPI</acronym> service on the i386, amd64, and
<para>If the system hangs while probing hardware during boot,
or it behaves strangely during install,
<acronym>ACPI</acronym> may be the culprit. &os; makes extensive use of the system
<acronym>ACPI</acronym> service on the &arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;, and
ia64 platforms to aid in system configuration if it is
detected during boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still
exist in both the <acronym>ACPI</acronym> driver and
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<filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>. More
information about the boot loader can be found in <xref
linkend="boot-synopsis"/>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="using-live-cd">