From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 15 15:40:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E2E537C172 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:40:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: from kilt.nothing-going-on.org (kilt.nothing-going-on.org [192.168.1.18]) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA90508; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:51:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nik@catkin.nothing-going-on.org) Received: (from nik@localhost) by kilt.nothing-going-on.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA12158; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:44:57 GMT (envelope-from nik@catkin.nothing-going-on.org) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:44:57 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: Jim Mock Cc: Petr Slansky , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD handbook Message-ID: <20000615124457.C12101@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> References: <000501bfd64d$8cadf5e0$1616a8c0@mezservis.cz> <20000614151733.A25071@luna.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000614151733.A25071@luna.osd.bsdi.com>; from jim@luna.osd.bsdi.com on Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:17:33PM -0700 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:17:33PM -0700, Jim Mock wrote: > > there is a "FreeBSD handbook" at your FTP server in many formats > > (html, pdf, ...). I miss this book on your "iso9660" CD image. There > > is a version of handbook for FreeBSD 4.0 at your FTP server today. I > > cannot find the handbook for older versions of FreeBSD. In the past I > > downloaded version for FreeBSD 3.1, that is why I know that different > > handbooks exist. I was looking for handbook for version 2.2.8 and > > 3.4. Maybe I don't need old version of handbook as version 4.0 is > > valid for older releases too. > > There is no ``older version'' handbook. The handbook is an > ever-changing document -- 4.0 is the latest release, so we try to keep > it up-to-date with that. It'll say 4.1 on it in July when 4.1 is > released. Some parts will probably be relevant for older versions.. > YMMV. D'you think it's worth building a snapshot of what the Handbook looked like at various release points, and making them available for FTP somewhere? N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message