From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Oct 11 15:30:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3463C37B401 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:30:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA17056; Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:25:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:25:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: Bzdik BSD Cc: Piet Delport , Kastaki , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NEWBIE In-Reply-To: <20011011143621.82172.qmail@web13608.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Bzdik BSD wrote: > I can highly recommend "Think Unix" also. I would also recommend the > 4.3 release instead of 4.4 for a newbie because the latter is a bit > non-conventional : tools are missing, not all shells in post > install, etc. The ISO now on the servers (September 22) has the tools directory, as does the mini-ISO. (Not packages and probably not X either.) > This makes Ms Anderson's book a very good choice it has the CD > included. The book works with 4.4 also (not much is different except the installation keystrokes, where you need often to Tab to get to the OK box because Enter toggles the [x]. But 4.4 has the advantage of an updated cvsup (post September 9) and one way or another you need to install an updated cvsup. All versions of cvsup and cvsup-bin (which no longer exists) before midday September 9 have a bug that showed up on that date. Up-to-date servers will reject you if you have an old cvsup. > If you use Greg's book, keep in mind there's a typo on page 164 that > can make you locked out slightly: > > page 164, where it shows the adduser procedure, line that says : > "Invite yana into other groups: no" > > this "no" is done in bold in his book, which suggests user's input, and > if you type it, you won't be able to type "wheel". You can fix it later > though editing /etc/group file. > > three more editions and they will fix it. > Annelise P.S. This book really is for users new to both FreeBSD and UNIX in general. -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message