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From: wbrooks@galaxy.csc.calpoly.edu (William W Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: OReilly 4.4 lite manuals and FreeBSD 2.0
Date: 8 Dec 1994 17:09:25 -0800
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Summary: Which ones?
In article <3c80jq$inu@pdq.coe.montana.edu>,
Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote:
>In article <3c7o8r$22c@nexus.uiowa.edu>,
>Napoleon Mau <mau@herky.cs.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>>Hi
>>Oreilly sells a collection of documentation manuals for BSD4.4 lite.
>>Can I use these manuals with FreeBSD 2.0
>
>Yes, although not 100% accurate they are by far the most up to date set of
>manuals you can find for any of the Net/2 and 4.4lite derived systems.
>
Perhaps we can get a little FAQ going about what in the O'Reilly docs
are accurate and what isn't. The first thing that we'd have to know is
what volumes are actually useful to someone running NetBSD or FreeBSD.
There are five volumes:
o 4.4BSD System Manager's Manual $30.00
o 4.4BSD User's Reference Manual $30.00
o 4.4BSD User's Supplementary Documents $30.00
o 4.4BSD Programmer's Reference Manual $30.00
o 4.4BSD Programmer's Supplementary Documents $30.00
...you can get them all for $120.00 if you buy them at one time. I'm
thinking about taking the plunge because I am running two machines
with NetBSD and more will follow. Could someone who is intimate with
the development of *BSD comment as to how close to Net/2 these OS's
are and which of these books would be most useful? Thanks in advance.
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