Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 00:22:49 -0600 From: "Jerry M. Howell II" <jmhowell@jmhowell.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good FreeBSD book Message-ID: <20030525002249.A6280@jmhowell.com> In-Reply-To: <200305241756.11030.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net>; from j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net on Sat, May 24, 2003 at 05:56:11PM -0500 References: <200305241756.11030.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net>
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On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 05:56:11PM -0500, Jonathan wrote: > Hi: > > I recently got "FreeBSD: An Open-Source operating system for your personal > computer", by Annelise Anderson. I must say this is a really excellent > introduction to FreeBSD. Although the book covers FreeBSD 4.3, much of the > material is still relevant to 4.8. A 4.8 CD was included with the book. She > has an entire chapter on ports plus a very nice chapter on kernel > configuration and compiling. She covers the commands: kldstat, kldload, > dmesg, ldconfig, last, netstat, w, who, ps and top. She covers cvsup too. I > learned a lot about my new FreeBSD by reading this book. > > http://www.bsdmall.com/freebosforyo.html > I personaly liked FreeBSD Unleashed even though I'm not a big SAMS advocate. Most of my books are from O'Reilly but they did a realy good job on this book. two thumbs up. Anyone else have any recomendations, besides the obvoius handbook and other websites posted on the freebsd site? -- Jerry M. Howell II
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