Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:14:04 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: francisco@natserv.com, Don Clark <donclark@execulink.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am New to Free BSD ... Message-ID: <19980928121404.E25391@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199809271631.MAA16795@federation.addy.com>; from Francisco Reyes on Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 12:32:18PM -0000 References: <000c01bdea2d$fb4d0a80$3109efd1@oecp.execulink.com> <199809271631.MAA16795@federation.addy.com>
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On Sunday, 27 September 1998 at 12:32:18 -0000, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On 27-Sep-98 Don Clark wrote: >> I ordered the 4 cdroms from Walnut Creek, and I assumed that the manual >> would be located on the cdrom in PDF or Text format. > > It is. Check the first CD. I think it is on the /book directory. That's "The Complete FreeBSD" (only obnoxious text format). That's a book which costs money, which is why there's no PostScript. >> I would like to be able to print off the entire manual. I know I can >> search the online manual after installing FreeBSD using the man command >> , but how do I print out the manual. > > If you are refering to the "complete FreeBSD" as the "manual" be warned > the thing is HUGE. If you were to print it, I think it takes over 1000 > pages. Well, no, the man pages are missing on the text version, so it's "only" about 800 pages. But it's difficult to read. Buy the book :-) > I usually read it online or take a small subset cut/paste and > print. I think the best thing to do, which I will do soon, is to get > the book off walnut creek. Exactly the intention. > Also don't forget to check the FAQ and Handbook. I think that's what he's talking about. > I think they are on the CDrom, but they are for sure at > www.freebsd.org (and mirrors). The online handbook is on the second CD-ROM in the directory /usr/share/doc/handbook, both in ASCII and HTML forms. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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