Using boot manager with FreeBSD and Windows

[Danny Butroyd]

Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear Jud and friends:
>
> OK, I finally figured out how to make OSL2000 work. In scanning all
> bootable partitions, it lists FreeBSD as two partitions: the 512 MB
> /boot partition (name unknown) and the FreeBSD 37 GB partition. It
> will not boot FreeBSD from the FreeBSD partition but, after changing
> the mode to swap, it booted at last directly into FreeBSD with the
> command "startx". I first saw during bootup that it said that I named
> "localhost" (for Mindspring) incorrectly. At any way, I was pretty
> disheartened when I finally arrived in FreeBSD. What I saw were two
> rectangular screens (with green edges): the one on the left said:
> "login", the one on the right said: "xterm". Plus a tiny clock in the
> upper corner. I feel completely lost. Where is KDE? What command
> should I use to get into KDE or to access the Internet?
You probably need to edit/create the .xinitrc file in your home
directory.  I dont use kde but a quick search on google reveals that
this may work in your case:-

exec startkde

Google is definately your friend for this kind of setup question :)

Danny