From owner-freebsd-questions  Mon Apr 15 19:59:21 1996
Return-Path: owner-questions
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA00819
          for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 19:59:21 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mistery.mcafee.com (jimd@mistery.mcafee.com [192.187.128.69])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA00813
          for <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 19:59:19 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from jimd@localhost) by mistery.mcafee.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id VAA16383; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 21:19:07 -0700
From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com>
Message-Id: <199604160419.VAA16383@mistery.mcafee.com>
Subject: Re: Installing with boot easy
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 21:19:07 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: 73642.3445@CompuServe.COM, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960415162354.23278E-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Apr 15, 96 04:26:20 pm
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

> 
> On 12 Apr 1996, Derek Duban wrote:
> 
	<...>
> 
> :-)  There is a learning curve.  There are many good "UNIX for Dummies" 
> type books out there that can be very helpful for getting you off the ground.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  

	While I normally like the "for Dummies" books (and I recommend the 
	TCP/IP one especially) I'd have to say that there are some books
	that are much better for the ex-DOS expert who's taking on 
	Unix:

		First and foremost _Unix_for_the_Impatient_ (Paul Abrahams
		and Bruce Larson Addison-Wesley).

		Next _Unix_System_Administration_Handbook_ (Nemeth, Seebass, and
		Snyder from Prentice-Hall) -- this is especially important 
		since Derek will be administering his own machine.

		Finally I'd suggest O'Reilly's When_You_Can't_Find_
		_Your_UNIX_System_Administrator_  (Linda Mui).

	You can find more info about these publishers via the web
	(I use lynx) at:

		http://www.ora.com 		O'Reilly Associates
		http://www.aw.com		Addison-Wesley
		http://www.viacom.com	(Apparently owns Prentice-Hall and 
								 Simon & Schuster)

		(this last site is so lynx unfriendly I'll probably
		 never visit it again, Yuck!)


	More info about Unix can be found on the web at:

	http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/unix.html	 			UNIX Reference Desk

Jim Dennis,
System Administrator,
McAfee Associates