From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 3 10:53:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA12294 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 10:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blue.bad.bris.ac.uk (blue.bad.bris.ac.uk [137.222.132.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA12279 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 10:53:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 1117 invoked by uid 57242); 3 Jun 1997 17:56:13 -0000 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 18:56:13 +0100 (BST) From: Aled Treharne Reply-To: felix@royal.net To: R J Thompson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Basics In-Reply-To: <33944ECE.A2CD039@cableinet.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi there, I was in the same hole as you a few months ago. I bought a book called "Unix for Dummies" (IDG books). It's easy to read, basic and absolutely hilarious! One good thing it does have is a chapter all for DOS users, giving the Unix equivalent commands for DOS commands (as far as they could). Once you get used to Unix (just play around) a good SysAdmin book is Evi Nemeth's "Unix System Administration". It's comprehensive, with typical Unix humour (very cynical!) and covers just about everything you will need to know. Loads of VERY famous people have contributed, the only one I can think of off hand is Phil Zimmerman. Good luck and if you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact me! :) -Taff. Aled Treharne felix@royal.net "Big Bird meets Salvador Dali has been brought to you by the numbers L and ), and by the letter 3." For PGP Public key finger taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk #include(disclaim.h)