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From: ganderso@ida.org
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 Documentation and Installation of "Everything" to 2.1 Gig drive.
Date: 23 May 1996 13:20:39 GMT
Organization: IDA, Alexandria, Virginia
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In <4nvf5s$eu8@nntp.igs.net>, "Chris K. Skinner" <cskinner@bml.ca> writes:
>Dear documenting dudes for freebsd,

Well, I'm not one of the 'documenting dudes for FreeBSD', but I might be able to
help...

>The learning curve for me is big because of the following:

   ...lots of valid, well-articulated comments and questions deleted...

>In an effort to make the learning curve less trial and error,
>I've purchased the "Linux Network Administrator's Guide" from
>O'Reilly & Assc.  I was going to by the "DNS and Bind" book but
>it cost nearly $10 more and was less broad in its scope.  I've
>only just got the thing and so have not read it cover to cover.
>
>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set--do they go out of date too quickly to be worth the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'd suggest getting a copy of the 'Unix System Administration Handbook' by Evi,
Nemeth, Seabass, et. al., (I may have the title or author list slightly incorrect). 
The latest version that I have seen has a red cover.  Literally everything in the
book works on FreeBSD right out of the box.  The book has a good description of
what happens at boot time, all of the configuration files, how to set up DNS, etc.
I really can't say enough good things about it.

For more indepth info on networking stuff, get a copy of 'TCP/IP Network
Administration' from O'Reilly (again, I may have the title wrong, but if you look
in one of their catalogs, I'm sure you can spot the book).  

>A question for Walnut Creek support:  what's the 2nd BSD 2.1
>CD-Rom for; I've looked at it but it seems to have similar stuff
>on it as the first one?

Well, I don't work (or speak) for Walnut Creek either, but the second CD is a 
live, i.e., mountable, file system.  Once you get the system installed and running,
you can put the second CD in the drive, mount it into your file system, and copy
stuff from it.  I believe that you can also build some of the binaries from it, but
I have not tried this, so I can't say for sure.

Hope this helped,
-Andy (ganderson@ida.org)