Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:28:59 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd install (Lehey's book on BSD?) Message-ID: <19980320182859.57278@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <23581ded.3511ff32@aol.com>; from Enkidu0001 on Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 12:31:28AM -0500 References: <23581ded.3511ff32@aol.com>
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On Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 12:31:28AM -0500, Enkidu0001 wrote:
> Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD" is a FreeBSD reference book . (ISBN
> 1-57176-159-4). Unlike the thin blue installation book for RH Linux,
> this book isn't focused on just installation. This book covers basic
> usage, commands AND installation of FreeBSD.
> The first 250 pages will cover things you needed to know about
> FreeBSD. The book has about 800 pages,
800 pages? Mine is more than twice that size, it's a monster! I once dropped
it on my foot and couldn't get up from the computer chair for three days :-)
Maybe you've got the first edition?
> and about 550 of them are
> MANual pages. You can use this book as a quick (and thick) reference
> book. This book is not a complete how-to book though.
I thought mine was. There doesn't seem to be anything missing, and it
describes how to do things so that even I can understand (and that's some
accomplishment!)
I haven't seen the first edition but from what you're saying there must have
been an awful lot of stuff added since then.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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