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On 04/30/2012 10:58 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
> Reading_both_  of McKusick's  "Design of .." books, and the 'Unix System
> Admininstration Handbook', by Nemeth, et al.  is a good_start_.
>
> Having a bunch of the books from O'Reilley&  Assoc. (<http://www.ora.com>),
> especially for 'standard' tools that you need to get the most out of, is
> also highly recommended.
>   

    After realising  I lack ton of  knowledge, especially how the 
internals work. I'm using this advice:-) .