From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Mar 23 13:59:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA21065 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 13:59:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spot.zyx.net (root@spot.zyx.net [204.250.193.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21057 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 13:59:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@zyx.net) Received: from slimy (slimy.dtint.com [198.252.209.106]) by spot.zyx.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with SMTP id PAA29082 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:03:59 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199803232203.PAA29082@spot.zyx.net> X-Sender: brian@spot.zyx.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:03:41 -0700 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brian Shellabarger Subject: Re: The Complete FreeBSD p.237 In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 03:08 PM 3/20/98 , Richard Broza said: >me found a bug or typo in the book The Complete FreeBSD on p.237 >it states: > > You'll find all the files described in this chapter on the first CD-ROM >( Installation CD-ROM ) in the directory /book.. > >just checked the first CD.. there is NO directory called /book on the >first CD.. I've found *several* such errors in the book -- Fortunately, I've got enough experience with FreeBSD to recognize most of the "dumb" mistakes that are printed, but I feel sorry for a beginner who may try to follow an example right out of the book, only to find that they can't get it to work. I've had to deal with second-guessing a manual before, I can't tell you how many countless hours (and aspirin) were wasted until I finally realized that the book I was trying so hard to learn from had subtle typo's in many of the examples. Anybody know who we can report such mistakes to? (I guess it doesn't do much good at this point since the book is already in print, but I'm assuming there will be other revisions). Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message