Logging In to FreeBSD
After all the startup processes are complete, you see a couple of lines that look something like this:
FreeBSD/i386 (amnesiac) (ttyp0) login:
The hostname you configured during installation appears in the first line, along with a readout that tells you what console device you’re using to access the system (this varies depending on whether you’re accessing it remotely or locally, and on how many other users are already logged in; in this case, ttyp0 is the first “pseudo tty,” or remote terminal). Enter the login name of the normal user (not the root user) that you created for yourself during the installation. Press Enter and then, when prompted, enter the password you gave yourself. Note that the password will not be displayed ...
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