From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 27 19:46:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA12180 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Sep 1998 19:46:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11878 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 1998 19:44:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA07426; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:14:12 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA25566; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:14:05 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980928121404.E25391@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:14:04 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: francisco@natserv.com, Don Clark Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am New to Free BSD ... References: <000c01bdea2d$fb4d0a80$3109efd1@oecp.execulink.com> <199809271631.MAA16795@federation.addy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809271631.MAA16795@federation.addy.com>; from Francisco Reyes on Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 12:32:18PM -0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 27 September 1998 at 12:32:18 -0000, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On 27-Sep-98 Don Clark wrote: >> I ordered the 4 cdroms from Walnut Creek, and I assumed that the manual >> would be located on the cdrom in PDF or Text format. > > It is. Check the first CD. I think it is on the /book directory. That's "The Complete FreeBSD" (only obnoxious text format). That's a book which costs money, which is why there's no PostScript. >> I would like to be able to print off the entire manual. I know I can >> search the online manual after installing FreeBSD using the man command >> , but how do I print out the manual. > > If you are refering to the "complete FreeBSD" as the "manual" be warned > the thing is HUGE. If you were to print it, I think it takes over 1000 > pages. Well, no, the man pages are missing on the text version, so it's "only" about 800 pages. But it's difficult to read. Buy the book :-) > I usually read it online or take a small subset cut/paste and > print. I think the best thing to do, which I will do soon, is to get > the book off walnut creek. Exactly the intention. > Also don't forget to check the FAQ and Handbook. I think that's what he's talking about. > I think they are on the CDrom, but they are for sure at > www.freebsd.org (and mirrors). The online handbook is on the second CD-ROM in the directory /usr/share/doc/handbook, both in ASCII and HTML forms. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message