Exiting the Install and Rebooting the System

At the main menu, tab over to Exit Install, and press Enter. The system asks you to confirm that you wish to exit, and asks you to remove any CDs or floppies from the drives on your system. After you remove the CD and/or floppy from the drive(s), select Yes, and the system will reboot.

Note

You may find that you press the Eject button on your CD-ROM, and nothing happens. Don't worry. FreeBSD didn't break your CD-ROM drive; it just locked it to ensure that you couldn't accidentally eject the CD in the middle of the install or something. If you can't open your CD-ROM, select Yes anyway, and wait until just after your system has started to reboot (when it is counting the memory and such). Then, press ...

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