Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 00:37:41 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: Scott Brown <skb@icey.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions, questions... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970722002319.391B-100000@roost.com> In-Reply-To: <33D3B39E.1A3F@icey.com>
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Check out the html documents that come with the system. You can read them with lynx (in packages) a browser for text only, or www.freebsd.org. You should also get familiar with O'Reilly Associates books at any good bookstore. Well written and comprehensive topics. As far as Apache goes, www.apache.org. the newest release is 1.2.1. Of all the software I've gotten it was the easyest to get going (of those not in the ports collection - ). Good Luck, John PS subscribe to this list, too! On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, 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 > >
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