From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 00:18:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C674B106564A for ; Sat, 12 May 2012 00:18:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy9.bluehost.com (oproxy9.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 89C818FC0A for ; Sat, 12 May 2012 00:18:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24274 invoked by uid 0); 12 May 2012 00:18:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy9.bluehost.com with SMTP; 12 May 2012 00:18:34 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=aFCuRfVNhigOnLjVEjT5WSzHHQre6MnXz/lDASJRWV8=; b=ASvTc97R3u/p5HWvf6BigfiA/TnHlu0W7UmgzZeR77K69E4jk6liqr95eYjIntt4Ohu5LckWR36Fz7j8F3RJFXhdp3PzlhHBYpakOfu26NtPWPwlbeJLpNOhK25/FeZr; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1ST02b-00077l-Mg for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 May 2012 18:18:33 -0600 Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 18:18:32 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120512001832.GA4644@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201205010558.q415wAFu091478@mail.r-bonomi.com> <4FAC6B61.5060604@gmail.com> <20120511174726.GA21845@hemlock.hydra> <4FAD6474.1070803@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FAD6474.1070803@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: UFS Crash and directories now missing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 00:18:34 -0000 On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:11:48PM -0700, Edward M wrote: > > So far I think I found a few that may make a difference. > According to the "table of contents" in the 4th edition in the > chapter called "Booting and shuting down it > only shows entries for: red hat, HP-UX, AIX, SUSE,Ubuntu. However > in the third edition, show entries for FreeBSD's Booting and shuting > down process. > And another example is in the 4th edition the chapter called > "Adding new users", only mentions how to add users for: > SUSE, Redhat Solaris HP-UX and AIX. However in the 3rd edition, > explains how to add users on FreeBSD and > how FreeBSD's master.passwd file, login.conf. work,etc The > third edition's chapter called > "Drivers and the kernel" shows how to build a freebsd kernel, > create a BSD config file, tuning the freebsd kernel, add freebsd > device drivers,etc. > I was not able to find those entries in the the 4th editions > "Drivers and the kernel. chapter. the 3rd editions TCP/IP > chapter shows network config for freebsd. > However in the table of contents of the 4th edition does not. > I'm searching for a website that contains the 3rd edition table of > contents so one can compare between > the two editions for better judgement. > unfortunate, those were a few examples i have time to point > out. I think may make a great difference. Okay, thanks. You've provided a pretty good representative selection, I think. I guess there are two problems: the third edition index is woefully incomplete, and the fourth edition text has for some reason basically traded FreeBSD for AIX -- which makes little sense to me. I appreciate the time you put into this. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]