Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 20:37:37 -0600 From: Andy Rowland <rowland@lyn.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help with documentation Message-ID: <B6505F90.566C%rowland@lyn.net> In-Reply-To: <B1A814C42460D311B10F009027589E4E093FCC@EXCHANGE>
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I would, if I were you, go to the FreeBSD website at www.freebsd.org and read, or even better, get, in probably .pdf or .rtf format, the FreeBSD Handbook. It explains a *lot* of the basics of configuring/running FreeBSD. Or, if your BSD machine is running somewhat, and you have lynx or something like that installed, look in /usr/share/doc/handbook. There's an html version of it there. You can also go to ftp.freebsd.org (or mirror site) and get it in .PDF format, among others. --HTH -- --Andy Rowland Grand River Network andy@tigertown.k12.mo.us rowland@lyn.net > From: Matthew Peacock <Mattp@innerrange.com.au> > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 12:26:31 +1000 > To: "Freebsd (E-mail)" <questions@freebsd.org> > Subject: Help with documentation > > Hello, > > I am new to FreeBSD and I recently purchased a FreeBSD toolkit that includes > a CD with the entire web pages and CVS repository on it. On viewing the > directories contained within the CD I could see that each file had the > suffix ",v" appended to it. I was hoping that I would be able to use the CD > to look up tutorials and how to's but the information contained within the > sgml files is not able to be properly read in netscape. Must I somehow > install the documentation pages before I am able to view it in netscape and > use the hyperlinks etc. Ironically, I'm sure that the documentation in the > sgml pages on the CD explains all this, but I am unable to read it properly > until I learn how to install it. I looked up the doumentation primer at > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/docproj-primer/ > <http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/docproj-primer/>; but it said "the > document assumes that you already know How to maintain an up-to-date local > copy of the FreeBSD documentation by maintaining a local copy of the FreeBSD > CVS repository". Can anyone please point me towards a how-to or expalin to > me how I install the documentation pages from the CD? > > Thanks in advance, > Matthew Peacock > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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