From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 6 7:12:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gate.ldn.wdr.com (gate.ldn.wdr.com [193.82.179.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B87914F04 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 07:12:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Clem.Dye@wdr.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gate.ldn.wdr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23141; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:12:30 +0100 (BST) From: Clem.Dye@wdr.com Received: from inside(192.168.0.1) by gate via smap (V2.0) id xma022939; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:12:22 +0100 Received: from ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com [172.16.234.32]) by ln4p1013pos.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23881; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:12:21 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6/WDR alpha evision: 1.7 $) with SMTP id PAA16649; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:12:21 +0100 (BST) X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:12:05 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: RE: Re: "The Complete FreeBSD" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mavery@mail.otherwhen.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="BDY.TXT" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="BDY.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Processed-By: BrianWare hpomsmf V2.3.40, 19 May 1999 X-WDR-Disclaimer: Version $Revision: 1.13 $ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Any chance that you could post the ISBN number for the 3rd edition? I use a UK supplier and just to make sure that he gets everything correct, I'd like to quote the ISBN as well as the title, when I place my order. Thanks Clem -----Original Message----- From: mavery Sent: 06 July 1999 14:56 To: freebsd-questions Cc: mavery Subject: Re: "The Complete FreeBSD" On 5 Jul 99, at 23:29, Art Neilson, KH7PZ wrote: > I have the 2nd edition of this excellent tome which I purchased > approximately a year and a half ago.. I understand there is now > a 3rd edition Mr. Lehey has written, what FreeBSD releases does it > cover? Does it cover 2.x - 3.2? I'm currently running 3.2-R and > would be most interested if the book covered that release. It covers 3.2R. And it's a marvelous book. I just got it and can't recomend it enough for any newbies, or people who are getting used to FreeBSD. It looks like a good reference as well, but I'm still using it as a tutorial so I can't really comment on that. There are areas where more detail might be a good thing. But most of those areas seem to be covered well enough for a beginner, and if you really need more information, there are separate books on SendMail, or whatever else you need more help with. Between the book and the excellent 3.2 installation program, 3.2 was up and running in less than an hour. Pretty good for my first 3.2 install. It took me a lot longer to install Win95 and NT later that day.... and they are supposed to be easier (but we won't go there). I bought my copy from the FreeBSD Mall, which is the same as Walnut Creek. They had the book and disks to me 2 days later. I later checked the price at different bookseller home pages (if you need to do that, look at http://www.acses.com/i2b.htm - they compare prices for you at 25 on line bookstores), and found that no one else stocked it... and the shipping times were 14 to 41 days, with no real money savings. Mike ====================================================================== Mike Avery MAvery@mail.otherwhen.com (409)-842-2942 (work) ICQ: 16241692 * Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way * A Randomly Selected Thought For The Day: Real programmers confuse XMAS & Halloween: DEC 25=OCT 31 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message