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<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-addusers">
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<title>Add Users</title>
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<para>Adding at least one user during the installation allows
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the system to be used without being logged in as <systemitem
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<para>The next menu prompts to create at least one user account.
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It is recommended to login to the system using a user account
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rather than as <systemitem
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class="username">root</systemitem>. When logged in as
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, there are
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essentially no limits or protection on what can be done.
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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<para>Enter the information for the user to be added.</para>
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<para>Follow the prompts and input the requested information for
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the user account. The example shown in <xref
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linkend="bsdinstall-add-user2"/> creates the <systemitem
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class="username">asample</systemitem> user account.</para>
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<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-add-user2">
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<title>Enter User Information</title>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>User Information</title>
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<para>Here is a summary of the information to input:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Username</literal> - The name the user will
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enter to log in. Typically the first letter of their
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first name combined with their last name.</para>
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enter to log in. A common convention is to use the first letter of the
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first name combined with the last name, as long as each
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username is unique for the system. The username is case
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sensitive and should not contain any spaces.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Full name</literal> - The user's full
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name.</para>
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name. This can contain spaces and is used as a
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description for the user account.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Login group</literal> - The user's group.
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Typically left blank to accept the default.</para>
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Typically this is left blank to accept the default.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Invite <replaceable>user</replaceable> into
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other groups?</literal> - Additional groups to which the
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user will be added as a member.</para>
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user will be added as a member. If the user needs
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administrative access, type <literal>wheel</literal>
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here.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Shell</literal> - The interactive shell for
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this user. In the example, &man.csh.1; has been
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chosen.</para>
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<para><literal>Shell</literal> - Type in one of the listed
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values to set the interactive shell for
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the user. Refer to <xref linkend="shells"/> for more
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information about shells.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Use password-based authentication?</literal>
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- Typically <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
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- Typically <literal>yes</literal> so that the user is
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prompted to input their password at login.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Use an empty password?</literal> -
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Typically <literal>no</literal>.</para>
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Typically <literal>no</literal> as it is insecure to have
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a blank password.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Use a random password?</literal> - Typically
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<literal>no</literal>.</para>
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<literal>no</literal> so that the user can set their own
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password in the next prompt.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Enter password</literal> - The actual
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<para><literal>Enter password</literal> - The
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password for this user. Characters typed will not show on
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the screen.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Lock out the account after
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creation?</literal> - Typically
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<literal>no</literal>.</para>
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<literal>no</literal> so that the user can login.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>After entering everything, a summary is shown, and the
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system asks if it is correct. If a mistake was made during
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entry, enter <literal>no</literal> and try again. If
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<para>After entering everything, a summary is shown for review.
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If a mistake was made, enter <literal>no</literal> and try again. If
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everything is correct, enter <literal>yes</literal> to create
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the new user.</para>
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configuration before completing the installation.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Final Configuration Options</title>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>Add User</literal> - Described in <xref
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linkend="bsdinstall-addusers"/>.</para>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>After any final configuration is complete, select
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<guibutton>Exit</guibutton> to leave the installation.</para>
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<guibutton>Exit</guibutton>.</para>
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<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-final-modification-shell">
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<title>Manual Configuration</title>
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are any additional configuration that needs to be done before
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rebooting into the new system. Select
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<guibutton>[ Yes ]</guibutton> to exit to a shell
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within the new system, or
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within the new system or
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<guibutton>[ No ]</guibutton> to proceed to the last
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step of the installation.</para>
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</figure>
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<para>If further configuration or special setup is needed,
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selecting <guibutton>[ Live CD ]</guibutton>
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will boot the install media into Live <acronym>CD</acronym>
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select <guibutton>[ Live CD ]</guibutton>
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to boot the install media into Live <acronym>CD</acronym>
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mode.</para>
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<para>When the installation is complete, select
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<para>If the installation is complete, select
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<guibutton>[ Reboot ]</guibutton> to reboot the
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computer and start the new &os; system. Do not forget to
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remove the &os; install <acronym>CD</acronym>,
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<acronym>DVD</acronym>, or <acronym>USB</acronym> memory
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stick, or the computer may boot from it again.</para>
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</sect2>
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remove the &os; install media
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or the computer may boot from it again.</para>
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<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-freebsdboot">
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<title>&os; Booting and Shutdown</title>
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<sect3 xml:id="bsdinstall-freebsdboot-i386">
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<title>&os;/&arch.i386; Booting</title>
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<para>As &os; boots, many informational messages are
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displayed. Most will scroll off the screen; this is normal.
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<para>As &os; boots, informational messages are
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displayed.
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After the system finishes booting, a login prompt is
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displayed. Messages that scrolled off the screen can be
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reviewed by pressing <keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> to turn on
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the <emphasis>scroll-back buffer</emphasis>. The
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<keycap>PgUp</keycap>, <keycap>PgDn</keycap>, and arrow keys
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can be used to scroll back through the messages. Pressing
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<keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> again unlocks the display and
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returns to the normal screen.</para>
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<para>At the <prompt>login:</prompt> prompt, enter the
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username added during the installation, <systemitem
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class="username">asample</systemitem> in the example.
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displayed. At the <prompt>login:</prompt> prompt, enter the
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username added during the installation.
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Avoid logging in as <systemitem
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class="username">root</systemitem> except when
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necessary.</para>
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<para>The scroll-back buffer examined above is limited in
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size, so not all of the messages may have been visible.
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After logging in, most of them can be seen from the command
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line by typing <command>dmesg | less</command> at the
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class="username">root</systemitem>. Refer to <xref
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linkend="users-superuser"/> for instructions on how to
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become the superuser when administrative access is
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needed.</para>
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<para>The messages that appeared during boot can be
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reviewed by pressing <keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> to turn on
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the scroll-back buffer. The
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<keycap>PgUp</keycap>, <keycap>PgDn</keycap>, and arrow keys
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can be used to scroll back through the messages. When finished, press
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<keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap> again to unlock the display and
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return to the console. To review these messages once the
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system has been up for some time, type
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<command>less /var/run/dmesg.boot</command> from a command
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prompt. Press <keycap>q</keycap> to return to the command
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line after viewing.</para>
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<para>Typical boot messages (version information
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omitted):</para>
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<para>If <application>sshd</application> was enabled in <xref
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linkend="bsdinstall-config-serv"/>, the first boot may be
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a bit slower as the system will generate the <acronym>RSA</acronym> and
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<acronym>DSA</acronym> keys. Subsequent boots will be
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faster. The fingerprints of the keys will be displayed, as seen in
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this example:</para>
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<screen>Copyright (c) 1992-2011 The FreeBSD Project.
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Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
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root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
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CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (3007.77-MHz K8-class CPU)
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Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x10676 Family = 6 Model = 17 Stepping = 6
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Features=0x783fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
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Features2=0x209<SSE3,MON,SSSE3>
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AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
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AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
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real memory = 536805376 (511 MB)
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avail memory = 491819008 (469 MB)
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Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
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ACPI APIC Table: <VBOX VBOXAPIC>
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ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1
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ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
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kbd1 at kbdmux0
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acpi0: <VBOX VBOXXSDT> on motherboard
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acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
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acpi0: Sleep Button (fixed)
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Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
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acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
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cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
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pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
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pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
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isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
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isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
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atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xd000-0xd00f at device 1.1 on pci0
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ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
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ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
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vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xe0000000-0xe0ffffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci0
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em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Legacy Network Connection 1.0.3> port 0xd010-0xd017 mem 0xf0000000-0xf001ffff irq 19 at device 3.0 on pci0
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em0: Ethernet address: 08:00:27:9f:e0:92
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pci0: <base peripheral> at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
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pcm0: <Intel ICH (82801AA)> port 0xd100-0xd1ff,0xd200-0xd23f irq 21 at device 5.0 on pci0
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pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9700/83/84 AC97 Codec>
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ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xf0804000-0xf0804fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0
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usbus0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
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pci0: <bridge> at device 7.0 (no driver attached)
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acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
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atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
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atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
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kbd0 at atkbd0
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atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
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psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
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psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
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psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
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attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 on acpi0
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Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
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Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
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sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
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sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
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vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
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atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
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Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
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ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
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Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
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pcm0: measured ac97 link rate at 485193 Hz
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em0: link state changed to UP
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usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
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ugen0.1: <Apple> at usbus0
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uhub0: <Apple OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
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cd0 at ata1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
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cd0: <VBOX CD-ROM 1.0> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
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cd0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 65534bytes)
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cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
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ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
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ada0: <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> ATA-6 device
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ada0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, PIO 65536bytes)
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ada0: 12546MB (25694208 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
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ada0: Previously was known as ad0
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Timecounter "TSC" frequency 3007772192 Hz quality 800
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Root mount waiting for: usbus0
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uhub0: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
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Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]...
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Setting hostuuid: 1848d7bf-e6a4-4ed4-b782-bd3f1685d551.
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Setting hostid: 0xa03479b2.
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Entropy harvesting: interrupts ethernet point_to_point kickstart.
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Starting file system checks:
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/dev/ada0p2: FILE SYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CHECKS
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/dev/ada0p2: clean, 2620402 free (714 frags, 327461 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
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Mounting local file systems:.
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vboxguest0 port 0xd020-0xd03f mem 0xf0400000-0xf07fffff,0xf0800000-0xf0803fff irq 20 at device 4.0 on pci0
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vboxguest: loaded successfully
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Setting hostname: machine3.example.com.
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Starting Network: lo0 em0.
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lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
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options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
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inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
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inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
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inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
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nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
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em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
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options=9b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM>
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ether 08:00:27:9f:e0:92
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nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
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media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
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status: active
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Starting devd.
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Starting Network: usbus0.
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DHCPREQUEST on em0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
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DHCPACK from 10.0.2.2
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bound to 192.168.1.142 -- renewal in 43200 seconds.
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add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
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add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
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add net fe80::: gateway ::1
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add net ff02::: gateway ::1
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ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib
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32-bit compatibility ldconfig path: /usr/lib32
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Creating and/or trimming log files.
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Starting syslogd.
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No core dumps found.
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Clearing /tmp (X related).
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Updating motd:.
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Configuring syscons: blanktime.
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Generating public/private rsa1 key pair.
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<screen>Generating public/private rsa1 key pair.
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Your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.
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Your public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub.
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The key fingerprint is:
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| . . o . |
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| .o. . |
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+-----------------+
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Starting sshd.
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Starting cron.
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Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.
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Starting sshd.</screen>
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Thu Oct 6 19:15:31 MDT 2011
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<para>Refer to <xref linkend="openssh"/> for more information
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about fingerprints and <acronym>SSH</acronym>.</para>
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FreeBSD/amd64 (machine3.example.com) (ttyv0)
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login:</screen>
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<para>Generating the <acronym>RSA</acronym> and
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<acronym>DSA</acronym> keys may take some time on slower
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machines. This happens only on the initial boot-up of a new
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installation, and only if <application>sshd</application> is
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set to start automatically. Subsequent boots will be
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faster.</para>
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<para>&os; does not install graphical environments by default,
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but many are available. See <xref linkend="x11"/> for more
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information.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-shutdown">
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<title>&os; Shutdown</title>
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<para>&os; does not install a graphical environment by default.
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Refer to <xref linkend="x11"/> for more
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information about installing and configuring a graphical
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window manager.</para>
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<para>Proper shutdown of a &os; computer helps protect data and
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even hardware from damage. Do not turn off the power before
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the system has been properly shut down. If the user is a
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hardware from damage. <emphasis>Do not turn off the power before
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the system has been properly shut down!</emphasis> If the user is a
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member of the <systemitem
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class="groupname">wheel</systemitem> group, become the
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superuser by typing <command>su</command> at the command line
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and entering the <systemitem
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||||
class="username">root</systemitem> password. Otherwise, log
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in as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> and use
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<command>shutdown -p now</command>. The system will close
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down cleanly and turn itself off.</para>
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<para>The
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<keycombo action="simul">
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<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
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||||
<keycap>Alt</keycap>
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||||
<keycap>Del</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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||||
key combination can be used to reboot the system, but is not
|
||||
recommended during normal operation.</para>
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||||
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>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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|
@ -2782,27 +2643,18 @@ login:</screen>
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<primary>installation</primary>
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<secondary>troubleshooting</secondary>
|
||||
</indexterm>
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||||
<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>
|
||||
|
@ -2810,11 +2662,6 @@ login:</screen>
|
|||
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,
|
||||
|
@ -2830,21 +2677,11 @@ login:</screen>
|
|||
<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
|
||||
|
@ -2861,10 +2698,6 @@ login:</screen>
|
|||
<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">
|
||||
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