Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 14:07:06 -0600 (MDT) From: Joshua Fielden <shaggy@houseofduck.dyn.ml.org> To: skb@icey.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Questions, questions... Message-ID: <XFMail.970721141037.shaggy@houseofduck.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <33D3B39E.1A3F@icey.com>
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I started out being a whiz on Mac and PC, and thinking I knew my way around a UN IX box decently as a user. Boy, was I proved wrong quickly! :-) I got a book cal led "UNIX Unleashed" by SAMSnet, and it has been invaluable. It's not nearly as in-depth as any of the O'Reilly books, but it at least skims on just about *ever ything.* BSD v SysV methods of doing things, too. It's about 1800-200 pages, abo ut $50, and is the only book I've *needed* to own so far, though I want about $3 k worth from Ora. :-) JF On 21-Jul-97 Scott Brown wrote: >Okay, I figured out how to install 2.2.2, it's up and running and not >doing a lot just yet. > >I'm feeling kind of lost. I'm pretty much a Unix newbie to begin with, >and the available documentation is either non-tutorial (man pages) or >kind of not really terribly helpful for a novice (handbook). I >generally have a good idea of what I want to do, but no clear idea of >how to get there. A sampling of the questions/problems I've had so far: > >How can I login as root from a remote location? >How do I partition and format a 2nd hard disk? >Is there an easy way to create a new account? >Can FreeBSD support my old Thomas-Conrad 5045 Ethernet adapter? >How do I get Apache running, since sysinstall can't find it? > >If anyone knows of a good way to start learning this stuff, I'd like to >hear it. I'd love to get my hands on something like a big, heavy, >1000-plus-page Unix system administrator's guidebook, if anyone cares to >recommend a title. "Unix for Dummies" I can do without. :) > >Thanks, > >-Scott > -- Joshua Fielden, shag@concentric.net SCSI is *not* magic. There are many technical reasons why it's occasionally nessicary to sacrifice a small goat to your SCSI chain.
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