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On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:08, HarryH wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone recommend a/some really good BSD (4.8) books/manuals, for not
> only a BSD beginner, but for someone that will really get into detail in a
> short time?  What I found at Border's was a real beginner's book.  Or, will
> I end up with a couple of books?  I have the "Unix in a Nutshell" by
> O'Reilly but would like to zero in on BSD.

I really like Greg Lehey's 'The Complete FreeBSD'. It seems to go deeper into 
the material than Absolute BSD from Michael Lucas (although I think that's a 
great book too, it's very easy to read). 

Other books that I haven't read myself but I heard good things about are 
'FreeBSD Unleashed' and 'FreeBSD: The Complete Reference'.

Arjan