Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 11:11:43 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: nick <jmc@pathway.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <19970828111143.59440@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970827233419.0067498c@pathway.net>; from nick on Wed, Aug 27, 1997 at 07:34:19PM -0400 References: <1.5.4.32.19970827233419.0067498c@pathway.net>
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On Wed, Aug 27, 1997 at 07:34:19PM -0400, nick wrote: > I am a new user and would really Like to learn UNIX. > > Last christmas I bought LINUX and couldn't get it to install. > > NOW I purchased the COMPLETE FREEBSD book and CDs. > I did get it to install came to a DOS looking screen with a dollar sign symbol. > BUT COULDN"T DO A THING.... :( You could have read the book. Start at Chapter 9. If there's anything there which you don't understand, please tell me. > I loaded everything I could from the list and was expecting X-WINDOWS screen > to look like windows... Did you start X? Look at page 100 if you haven't seen it already. > COULD YOU HELP recommend further books, methods of installing, programs, or > something to begin learning FREEBSD .......I really like to learn. Well, CFBSD is the only book currently in English, but there are plenty of Japanese ones :-) Seriously, one reason for the lack of books on FreeBSD is that there are so many UNIX books, and FreeBSD *is* UNIX (no matter what the owners of the trademark say). I think that "UNIX for the Impatient", by Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson, published by Addison-Wesley, might be a good choice for you. Greg
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