Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 14:10:05 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: doc@freebsd.org Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Subject: Re: Plan to incorporate chapter 2 of the 4.4BSD book Message-ID: <20000916141005.A1477@parish> In-Reply-To: <17460.957260916@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 11:48:36AM %2B0200 References: <20000430140111.O706@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <17460.957260916@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 11:48:36AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > 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. > Did this ever get resolved and added to the docs? I certainly can't find it. I found the copy that Sheldon put on his webpage on freefall but not in the docs (or even referenced from them). > Ciao, > Sheldon. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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