From owner-freebsd-doc Tue May 2 3:59: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.2.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC3F737B57C; Tue, 2 May 2000 03:58:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12mZIC-0004Xd-00; Tue, 02 May 2000 11:48:36 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Nik Clayton Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Plan to incorporate chapter 2 of the 4.4BSD book In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:01:11 +0100." <20000430140111.O706@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 11:48:36 +0200 Message-ID: <17460.957260916@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:01:11 +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > Done that now. Hmm. I don't see this as being Handbook material. At > least, not new user material. It's interesting from a historical > perspective, but the information about how the system is seen from the > kernels point of view isn't really important for a new user. I don't agree with this at all. I think that it's a very useful introduction to BSD UNIX. I wish I'd had something like this to explain how process management and filesystems (in particular) work in general terms when I was starting out. However, I do agree that it might be better handled as an article, recommended from within the Handbook. My only concern is that it should be recommended for new-comers as well. It shouldn't in any way be ear-marked as something for developers. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message