Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:46:01 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: CHARL <croftonc@PARACHUTE.WCAPE.GOV.ZA> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First documentation Message-ID: <19981005184601.35173@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199810050745.JAA06210@wcpes.x-link.ml.org>; from CHARL on Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 09:35:38AM %2B0200 References: <199810050745.JAA06210@wcpes.x-link.ml.org>
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On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 09:35:38AM +0200, CHARL wrote: > Hi there..... > > I've been using BSD for 2 weeks now and would like to know anything from > scratch. As this is the first time that I have even seen Unix I do not know > any commands. Dos equivalent commands seem to me like the ones I > would like to know. How to access my stiffy drive, view a certain file and > what command to type in to shut me PC down. I get these wierd messages > everytime I boot up again so obviously I am not doing something right. > > Basicly I only know the ls and pwd commands. So I guess all the basics > would be helpful in very simple terms. Oh boy, have we got a deal for you! :-) Start at http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html where you will see our learning needs split into three areas, one of which is learning unix commands, and links to all sorts of useful stuff. You'll see a link there to the tutorial for people new to both freebsd and unix, perfect for you right now. Go there first! (HINT: At least read it before you turn your machine off next) There's other links about beginner's unix tutorials that you can move on to from there. The FreeBSD web site's support page mentions a few too, as does the Handbook (or the FAQ, or both?), and of course Yahoo! will tell you about lots more. One that a few of us have liked is called UNIXHelp, and there's copies of it all over the 'net. Watch out for translating directly from DOS to UNIX commands, there's a few gotchas. I seem to recall UNIXHelp has a section on this. Of course that will be general information, not specifically for FreeBSD, but it's not too far off. Let us know if you still can't find the right sort of documentation. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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