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Date:      Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:05:58 +0100
From:      SirDice <sirdice@xs4all.nl>
To:        Joe Taylor <mr16ga@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New to List Have questions
Message-ID:  <4596B896.2000905@xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <1167501394.874.3.camel@waggawagga>
References:  <20061230120049.3448616A65D@hub.freebsd.org> <1167501394.874.3.camel@waggawagga>

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Joe Taylor wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am new to the list and to FreeBSD.  I am a Solaris Admin and am having
> some issues with translating from SUNos commands to BSD commands or
> rather finding where config files are located.

Most configfiles for the base OS are found in /etc.
Most ports/packages install their configfiles in /usr/local/etc.

> first question is there an archinve I can search before I start asking
> question that have already been asked before?

Google groups is the biggest usenet archive (20+ years).
Freebsd specific maillinglists can be found here:
http://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html

> Second question is there a refrence book that anyone can recommend?

The handbook would be a good place to start..
http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html

Cheers,

Remko C.



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