From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 03:46:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4839616A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:46:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from amsfep20-int.chello.nl (amsfep12-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD1F43D2D for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:46:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dodell@sitetronics.com) Received: from sitetronics.com ([62.163.150.222]) by amsfep20-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.6.00.05.02 201-2115-109-103-20031105) with ESMTP id <20040125114616.VUUE1492.amsfep20-int.chello.nl@sitetronics.com>; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:46:16 +0100 Message-ID: <4013AC39.9080507@sitetronics.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:44:57 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: HarryH References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A good BSD Text Book? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:46:28 -0000 HarryH wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone recommend a/some really good BSD (4.8) books/manuals, for not only a BSD beginner, but for someone that will really get into detail in a short time? What I found at Border's was a real beginner's book. Or, will I end up with a couple of books? I have the "Unix in a Nutshell" by O'Reilly but would like to zero in on BSD. > > Thanks, > Harry The handbook is a wonderful in-depth reference to FreeBSD; it gives tips and tricks while detailing pretty much every aspect of the base system (and covers a bit more). You can get a printed version from the FreeBSD Mall (http://www.freebsdmall.com) and you'll be helping to support the project! Kind regards, Devon H. O'Dell From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 10:14:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 899B316A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:14:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from dfmm.org (walter.dfmm.org [209.151.233.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD9C43D3F for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:14:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-performance@dfmm.org) Received: (qmail 8621 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Jan 2004 18:14:54 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 25 Jan 2004 18:14:54 -0000 Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:14:53 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Stone X-X-Sender: jason@walter To: HarryH In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040125100848.H2215@walter> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A good BSD Text Book? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:14:55 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Can anyone recommend a/some really good BSD (4.8) books/manuals, for not > only a BSD beginner, but for someone that will really get into detail in > a short time? _Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System_ by McKusick _et al_ is wonderful. It starts out at a level that's easy enough, even if you have almost no experience working with a unix kernel, but it goes very deep into the kernel internals until you really havea very good understanding of the system. It's somewhat old, but it's still totally relevent, so don't be put off just by the age. -Jason -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freud himself was a bit of a cold fish, and one cannot avoid the suspicion that he was insufficiently fondled when he was an infant. -- Ashley Montagu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: See https://private.idealab.com/public/jason/jason.gpg iD8DBQFAFAeeswXMWWtptckRAmSmAJ9Ew3ErCupGH8SblefQDisRH1CR4wCeMD/a Qlbk7twyidgbqa4+ai0453w= =z9EM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 11:44:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E8916A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:44:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from 82-41-27-158.cable.ubr04.edin.blueyonder.co.uk (82-41-27-158.cable.ubr04.edin.blueyonder.co.uk [82.41.27.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 633D943D31 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:44:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrew@cream.org) Received: from cream.org (spatula.flat [192.168.0.2]) by myriad.flat (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A704BA; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:36:17 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <40141CA2.5030609@cream.org> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:44:34 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Stone References: <20040125100848.H2215@walter> In-Reply-To: <20040125100848.H2215@walter> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org cc: HarryH Subject: Re: A good BSD Text Book? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:44:29 -0000 Jason Stone wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > >>Can anyone recommend a/some really good BSD (4.8) books/manuals, for not >>only a BSD beginner, but for someone that will really get into detail in >>a short time? > > > _Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System_ by McKusick _et > al_ is wonderful. It starts out at a level that's easy enough, even if > you have almost no experience working with a unix kernel, but it goes very > deep into the kernel internals until you really havea very good > understanding of the system. > > It's somewhat old, but it's still totally relevent, so don't be put off > just by the age. Design and Implementation is great, I've got that too, but only if you're interested in the system's internals - I didn't get that impression from the OP's message. Also - I think it's *mostly* relevent not, "totally", relevent. Things have changed in FreeBSD since those days I think, but the foundations are still the same and it's all useful information reguardless. Andrew