From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 13 04:57:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6AB16A400 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nixlists@writemoore.net) Received: from mail.mailsnare.net (v185.mailsnare.net [206.246.200.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEBE43D45 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:57:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nixlists@writemoore.net) Received: from localhost (v185.mailsnare.net [206.246.200.185]) by anti-virus.mailsnare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 866E3C37F for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:42:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (63-230-165-204.ptld.qwest.net [63.230.165.204]) by mail.mailsnare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5ECE143D4 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4465672A.7030302@writemoore.net> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:57:14 -0700 From: "Michael M." User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060501) MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: FreeBSD Questions mail-list References: <44651CCA.1050904@writemoore.net> <20060512204713.X56273@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <20060512204713.X56273@tripel.monochrome.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at mailsnare.net Subject: Re: Dead tree documentation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 04:57:20 -0000 Chris Hill wrote: > On Fri, 12 May 2006, Michael M. wrote: > > [snip] > >> Any thoughts, advice, pointers? Anything I missed, especially any >> general UNIX books that might go well with one of the above? > > As for general un*x books that are not FreeBSD-specific, the single best > one I've used is _Essential_System_Administration_ by Aeleen Frisch. As > a newbie I found this book enormously helpful and well worth having. > It's published by O'Reilly, and almost certainly available from Amazon > or your local geeky bookstore if you're fortunate enough to have one. Thanks for the tip, I will look it up. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson