Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 13:11:58 +0100 (BST) From: " Stephen P. Butler" <stephen@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk> To: "Chris K. Skinner" <cskinner@bml.ca> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 Documentation and Installation of "Everything" to 2.1 Gig drive. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960523125913.25673A-100000@platon> In-Reply-To: <1692.832788738@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 22 May 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > I hear that there is a 5 volume set (one with CD Rom(s) and one
> > without). The cost is US$150 so I was quoted CDN$220 by a
> > bookstore here in Ottawa. Anybody got any comments about the
> > set--do they go out of date too quickly to be worth the
> > money?
>
> I'm afraid I've not heard anything about this.
Could this be the 4.4BSD manuals from O'Reilly?
1) User's Reference Manual.
2) Programmer's Reference Manual.
3) System Administrator's Manual.
4) User's Supplementary Documentation.
5) Programmer's Supplementary Guide.
I guess the CD would be the O'Reilly 4.4-lite CD ROM. I think they're
pretty good reference books but not necessarily good beginners books.
I suspect someone else will be able to give you a much better opinion
on this though. I would imagine there would be no need to get the
4.4-lite CD ROM since more recent versions of this stuff are already
on the FreeBSD CD ROM. Again, I expect someone may be better able to
confirm this.
For more information, try pointing your web browser at:
http://www.ora.com/www/catalog/prdindex.html
The 4.4BSD manuals are at the top of the page.
Also, try looking at:
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/bibliography.html
for more book suggestions.
Hope you find the above useful.
Regards,
Stephen.
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