Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 11:34:45 -0800 (PST) From: Bora Akyol <akyol@wireless.Stanford.EDU> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What printed documentation do we need? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960123113233.8756D-100000@wireless.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <9601231705.AA04893@emu.fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Sean Kelly wrote: > >>>>> "John" == John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> writes: > > John> * installation * dump and restore * fsck * disklabel * > John> newfs * maybe a couple others > > John> Or, more generally, for things you rarely use and > John> consequently forget how to use and, almost by definition, > John> online documentation is unavailable when you need them. > > Like adding a new drive to an existing system. > > -- > Sean Kelly > NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA > > Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first > instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she > fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny. -- Jack Handey > By the way, How complete are the O'reilly books that are on 4.4BSD. I browsed through and thought that they were mostly man pages. I am thinking about buying them but do not know if it's worth it. Thanks Bora ps. If one of you is the author of those books, I don't mean to put down your work, I am just looking for opinions. ------------------------------------------------------------ Bora Aydin Akyol akyol@leland.stanford.edu ------------------------------------------------------------
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