Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:10:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Antonio Bemfica <bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Book Recommendation ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970211140900.506B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970211151402.11492A-100000@militzer.me.tuns.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Antonio Bemfica wrote: > I am looking for a good Unix system administration book that also includes > references to FreeBSD specific topics. Is there such a thing? I am > comfortable with the basics most of the time, and can make my way around > some of the more advanced areas (I can compile a customised kernel, change > some sendmail rules, etc), so I don't want to get a beginner's guide, > eventhough there's a lot of basic stuff I don't know (just stumbled on the > 'which' command the other day!). I looked into a couple of books: The book "The Complete FreeBSD" is a addendum to these books that details FreeBSD-specific items. The Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org is an essential reference as well. > > - Essential System Administration 2nd Ed. (Aleen Frisch), published by > O'Reilly - no mention of FreeBSD at all (Linux is acknowledged) > > - Unix System Administration Handbook 2nd Ed. (Nemeth, etc) - it is in > back order at the local bookstore, but I have the first editon (1989) > and FreeBSD wasn't around then (or was it?) FreeBSD is mentioned once. It does target BSDi which is pretty close though. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSI.3.94.970211140900.506B-100000>