From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 11 2: 4:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from oceanus.uk.clara.net (oceanus.uk.clara.net [195.8.69.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 459A037B408 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:04:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from claranet by oceanus.uk.clara.net with local (Exim 3.22 #4) id 15gjSh-0003z2-00; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:04:07 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: zetatronic@clara.co.uk Subject: Can you recommend some books, please? Cc: X-Remote_Addr: 194.88.71.50 Message-Id: From: Andrew Kendall Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:04:07 +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear FreeBSD experts, I seek your help in all earnestness. This is my very first request for help after deciding to use FreeBSD. I have spent a great deal of time installing and re-installing it, making a certain amount of progress, but coming up against problems which I simply cannot get past because of my lack of experience with UNIX in general and FreeBSD in particular. My efforts to find answers on the Net are proving fruitless, and I am disappointed by the lack of information in certain areas. Much of the documentation is helpful, but what I am really looking for is a good book which presents an overview of the structure of UNIX / FreeBSD, outlining the multiplicity of components and files. Something that explains the concepts. Yes, I’ve got the installation notes along with some system admin stuff, but I need that crucial background. Something that tells me precisely what files and binaries are necessary, what they do, and where they are located. Preferably, I need a book which is specifically FreeBSD, because I want to know about all the peculiarities of certain file locations, etc. I don’t think any old Linux book will do, becuase they are usually too vague and, again, they focus too much on following the installation procedure. I fell sure you can recommend something worthwhile, which I intend to digest fully before I embark on any new attempts to install FreeBSD. Yours sincerely, Andrew Kendall -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message