From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat May 27 7:23:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from gargoyle.apana.org.au (brisba6.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.66.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A8237BA6A for ; Sat, 27 May 2000 07:23:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by gargoyle.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA20048; Sun, 28 May 2000 00:22:34 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from roadrunner.apana.org.au(203.3.126.132), claiming to be "ROADRUNNER" via SMTP by gargoyle.apana.org.au, id smtpdF20046; Sun May 28 00:22:33 2000 Message-ID: <00b601bfc7e7$8452e0a0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> From: "Doug Young" To: "leegold" , References: <001201bfc795$c2b687e0$37ed7ad1@leegold1> Subject: Re: any good books? Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 00:26:11 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've done what I hope is considered a quite verbose newbie guide to basic install & configuration up to gateway specification. It still needs a lot more work but by the same token its much closer to what many newbies want than anything else I've seen around. Have a look at the stuff I've done so far & tell me what you think, particularly what isn't explained fully enough. http://www.apana.org.au/FreeBSD/FreeBSD_Tutorial/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "leegold" To: Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 2:41 PM Subject: any good books? > >Are there any good books on just simple how-to stuff like configuring a > >printer, or finding out what the printer files are and how to manipulate > >them, or finding where your modem is and configuring? Basically, what I'm > >looking for is a FreeBSD book for the Windows professional. I can do damn > >near anything in a Windows/DOS environment, but put me on a FBSD box and > >I'm > >less than a rookie :( > >me, > >b > > I haven't found any books like that. > If you have a user's group near you, that's the ticket. I found that some > Linux groups have FBSD users too. I have been fantasizing about a book > that's and intro. to unix AND a freeBSD guide at the same time. Most intro > level unix docs. bone you up on telneting into a server and then explaining > the file system first, then commands, ect. > > it would be cool for a intro unix book to use the FBSD platform as the > learning vehicle. also would be a great sysadmin learning tool, - just get > some old clones and set up a network, servers, subnets - hands-on at home - > "we'll show you how". > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Otteson" > To: > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:23 PM > Subject: any good books? > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message