From: PYRO4@COWROUTER.COM   
      
   FREEBSD does EXACTLY what  you tell it to do. During your first   
   installation you really need to pay attention to what is going on. It   
   is EXTREMELY EASY to not install packages needed for x11. UNIX doesn't   
   care.. it will run like a champion without GUI. Take this oportunity to   
   learn your way around the OS in the CLI. As your primary computer   
   though you may get frustrated. Set up a nice melow version of LINUX   
   (Debian, REDHAT, MANDRAKE, etc etc etc) and set up freeBSD on a   
   secondary computer. Network them, SSH into the BSD box and commence to   
   learning it. As for getting this one running.... as a user new to the   
   BSD world.. re install.. pay close attention to what you are putting on   
   it and what you are excluding. The standard FreeBSD install does NOT   
   install GUI.   
      
      
      
   Timmy-14 wrote:   
      
   > I just got a brand new compurter. I formated the drive to get rid of   
   > windows so that I could install FreeBSD.   
   >   
   > I'm new to all this stuff, i've been using slack for about a month   
   > -read that BSD blows Linux off the water but I can't get BSD to start.   
   >   
   > I start up and BSD says CANOT CONNECT TO X SERVER. What does that   
   > mean? I try; startX and kstart......No Luck.   
   >   
   > Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?   
   >   
   > Thanks.......   
      
      
      
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