From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 03:45:19 2005 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 B2DD116A41F for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:45:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Received: from web32710.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32710.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7E9543D5A for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:45:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 54528 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Aug 2005 03:45:18 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=tN6IJoDixii7G8enTAVmqRtz4heIlLwYYuS6M2+6QxmhwVVEp7XDO5iEd86gztLtD/3VnqzHpCiqZOFdReLhw1CEZg+tb5lrBN0rV9UEa1DPWEWcVJJJnXGPwDLJ6TriNXGV40dMxsU2DqSW8ulvIFYjaVxuUZ0WhQJc8jOiY5Y= ; Message-ID: <20050822034518.54526.qmail@web32710.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.18.31.239] by web32710.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:45:17 PDT Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:45:17 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson To: kent.hauser@verizon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WinXP administration guide for unix guru 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: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:45:19 -0000 it was said: >Can anyone recommend a book which explains this confusing beast? I'm talking >about a book which explains where things are put (equiv of /var/mail, >/etc/passwd, /etc/rc.conf), where application data is stored, how printers, >disks, etc are shared, how to book in "fixit disk" mode, how to >backup/restore, how to configure swap space. And also questions like why XP >is "professional", etc. Hello, Assuming you're serious and not trolling, you may wish to consider Universal Command Guide for Operating Systems, ISBN 0764548336. It claims to cross-reference "every command for every operating system." I don't know if that's true, but I use it from time to time, and I have yet to find an actual OS-native command missing. The book's website is www.ucgbook.com, and it has free samples. As for using familiar *nix tools under Windows, MS offers "Windows Services for UNIX 3.5" as a free download. This creates a *nix virtual machine on the Windows box that you can use to administer either a network system (Windows or *nix) or the local system. Read more about it here: www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sfu/productinfo/features/default.mspx (URI may have wrapped). Regards, stheg ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs