Chapter 4. Booting and Shutting Down FreeBSD
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If you're a Windows or Mac user, you'll immediately discover some of the basic differences between your accustomed operating system and FreeBSD during your first session. When you first start up FreeBSD, your first view of the systemrather than an elegant or flashy graphical login screen or desktop layoutis a stark-looking command prompt in text mode, where you must log in with your username and password before you can do anything with the system. This chapter provides a basic overview of the procedures for starting up, logging in to, logging out of, and shutting down your FreeBSD machine. Whether you're a beginner or a veteran, these procedures will be a part of your life every time you use FreeBSD, so it's important to know exactly what's going on under the hood. |
