From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 17 23:29:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA13221 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 May 1997 23:29:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA13210 for ; Sat, 17 May 1997 23:29:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id JAA09538; Sun, 18 May 1997 09:28:27 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma009535; Sun May 18 09:28:00 1997 Message-ID: <337EA136.6408@barcode.co.il> Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 09:27:02 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Leland Heaton CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Learning FreeBSD References: <3.0.1.32.19970517223523.0069debc@king.cts.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Leland Heaton wrote: > > I have a major dilema. I want to learn freebsd. > > I started out working on a FreeBSD system with my two friends. One uses an > ancient version of like 1.0 and the other 1.9 or something. Old versions. > I am the new one and run 2.1.0. They tried to help me but the one with 1.0 > just doesn't know (although he is incdeibly smart) and the other just > doesn't really want to help me anymore. > > I wanted to really learn FreeBSD now kinda to spite the 1.9 guy who knows > what to do but just won't point me in the right direction. I was trying to > get a network between my now 486DX2 66 (FreeBSD) and Pentium Win95 machine > and it wouldn't work. So I downloaded the manual...This doesn't help me > much because I need to have something in front of me. Written down. So I > called kinko's and it turns out to cost about 220 dollars to print out the > 465 page manual I downloaded...I can't afford this and I would probably use > it. But I want to learn FreeBSD. > > Someone suggested that I print the parts I need but. It seems that it will > be too difficult and I will loose the stuff. How can I learn FreeBSD (I > just really would like to scrap the messed up part of freebsd that caused > this whole mess and reinstall FreeBSD) But I want to learn it first. See > my dilema? > > -- Leland Heaton There never was a 1.9 release, and 2.1.0 is ancient history as well. If you want something written down, the best would be to get "The Complete FreeBSD" from Walnut Creek (http://www.cdrom.com). It's something like $50 including the latest release (well, a recent release anyhow) on CD. This will get you a book (that mostly deals with installation and basic administration) and all the docs on the CD. Nadav