From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 17 01:00:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA13560 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 01:00:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from diablo.ppp.de (diablo.ppp.de [193.141.101.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA13555 for <questions@FreeBSD.org>; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 01:00:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from allegro.lemis.de by diablo.ppp.de with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0vDnNg-000QoNC; Thu, 17 Oct 96 09:00 MET From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Organisation: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, 36325 Feldatal, Germany Phone: +49-6637-919123 Fax: +49-6637-919122 Received: (grog@localhost) by allegro.lemis.de (8.6.9/8.6.9) id JAA00617; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:27:54 +0200 Message-Id: <199610170727.JAA00617@allegro.lemis.de> Subject: Re: FBSD Handbook To: dubois@primate.wisc.edu (Paul DuBois) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:27:54 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) In-Reply-To: <199610161629.LAA15043@night.primate.wisc.edu> from "Paul DuBois" at Oct 16, 96 11:29:42 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Paul DuBois writes: > > SysAdmin writes: >> -->FreeBSD has a dandy book that I just picked up. It's called "The Complete >> -->FreeBSD". I has the 2.1.5 distribution plus 10 or so chapters on setup >> -->etc. It also has 600 some-odd pages of essential man pages. I think I paid >> -->US$50.00 for it the other day. >> --> >> -->Josef >> >> Could you post the ISBN for us. I havent' seen this in a bookstore around >> here...but I will! :) > > Here's the info. It's by Greg Lehey and is the successor to the > "Installing and Running FreeBSD" (something like that) book he also > wrote. And yes, it's worth getting. The book comes with the 2.1.5 CDs. > > QUANTITY ITEM UNIT COST COST > 1 The Complete FreeBSD (book) 29.950 29.95 > > VENDOR: Walnut Creek CDROM > ADDRESS: 4041 Pike Lane, Ste D-www > Concord, CA 94520 > Phone: 800 786 9907 > FAX: 510 674 0821 > E-mail: orders@cdrom.com Thanks for the flowers, Paul, but I'm afraid a slight error crept in there. The book is available with or without CD-ROMs, though all books prominently display "Includes 2 CDROMS" :-( The price you mention is for the version without CD-ROMs. With CD-ROMs, I think it costs $49.95, though Walnut Creek should be able to give you a more definite answer. Greg