From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 01:05:51 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 A98BD16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:05:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from pillage.dreamhost.com (pillage.dreamhost.com [66.33.213.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0AFD43D2F for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:05:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ron@primenumbers.org) Received: from [192.168.101.17] (c-67-161-80-162.client.comcast.net [67.161.80.162]) by pillage.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CC1814969A; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:05:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <727B1791-4E4C-11D8-926E-000393DED8CE@primenumbers.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ron Smith Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:05:25 -0800 To: "HarryH" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:30:09 -0800 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: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:05:51 -0000 The book that really made everything clear to me (and I compiled my first kernel from it's instructions) was "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. I had the 3rd edition from the FreeBSD PowerPak (www.freebsdmall.com) 4.something. I think it has been updated and includes some 5.x stuff now. Good luck, -Ron On Jan 23, 2004, at 10:08 PM, 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-performance-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >