Review chapters of ``The Complete FreeBSD'', fourth edition

Last update: Wed Apr 9 21:14:08 UTC 2003

This directory contains draft files for the upcoming fourth edition of ``The Complete FreeBSD''. This is not freely available information. You should not be here unless you are a reviewer.

If you are a reviewer, please:

If you are not a reviewer, please contact me and let me know that the cover has been broken. You, too, can be a reviewer! All you have to do is to contact me and promise to respect the conditions shown above.

Draft status

The status indications in the status file have approximately the following meanings:

How to submit feedback

It's up to you how you submit feedback, but I find it easiest if you read the PDF version (since there could be format issues) and mark up the text version of the chapter. You can remove extraneous data if you want. Quote the text as in mail and add your own comments without quotes. For example:
> Your mileage may vary.  During the review phase of an earlier edition of this
> book, one of the reviewers stated that he was very happy with his machine,
> which has a 486-33 processor, 16 MB main memory, and 1 MB memory on his
> display board.  He said that it ran a lot faster than his Pentium 100 at work,
> which ran Microsoft.  The moral: if your hardware doesn't measure up to the
> recommended specification, don't be discouraged.  Try it out anyway.

I think you should add a paragraph stating that minimum system
requirements are very dependent *what* work you want to do.

When sending feedback, please refer to the chapter title, not the chapter number: the latter may change between the time you review the chapter and the time I look at the review. Also, page numbers don't help very much, since they keep changing. Context is better.

One thing that makes it very difficult is badly wrapped text, such as described at Internet mail: formats. If you have to use an MUA which performs this kind of mutilation, it would be better to look for an alternative way to supply feedback.

How I handle your feedback

You'll get feedback from me for everything you send in. If you don't, I've lost it. The trouble is, I won't look at your feedback immediately. It might take up to a month before I look at it: I'll look at it next time I look at the chapter. Don't wait the month, though: I might look at it very soon, and then your comments might come too late.

Files in this directory

Preface and table of contents in PDF format
Preface and table of contents in ASCII

Chapter 1 (introduction) in PDF format
Chapter 1 (introduction) in ASCII

Chapter 2 (concepts) in PDF format
Chapter 2 (concepts) in ASCII

Chapter 3 (quickinstall) in PDF format
Chapter 3 (quickinstall) in ASCII

Chapter 4 (shareinstall) in PDF format
Chapter 4 (shareinstall) in ASCII

Chapter 5 (install) in PDF format
Chapter 5 (install) in ASCII

Chapter 6 (postinstall) in PDF format
Chapter 6 (postinstall) in ASCII

Chapter 7 (unixref) in PDF format
Chapter 7 (unixref) in ASCII

Chapter 8 (unixadmin) in PDF format
Chapter 8 (unixadmin) in ASCII

Chapter 9 (ports) in PDF format
Chapter 9 (ports) in ASCII

Chapter 10 (filesys) in PDF format
Chapter 10 (filesys) in ASCII

Chapter 11 (disks) in PDF format
Chapter 11 (disks) in ASCII

Chapter 12 (vinum) in PDF format
Chapter 12 (vinum) in ASCII

Chapter 13 (burncd) in PDF format
Chapter 13 (burncd) in ASCII

Chapter 14 (tapes) in PDF format
Chapter 14 (tapes) in ASCII

Chapter 15 (printers) in PDF format
Chapter 15 (printers) in ASCII

Chapter 16 (netintro) in PDF format
Chapter 16 (netintro) in ASCII

Chapter 17 (netsetup) in PDF format
Chapter 17 (netsetup) in ASCII

Chapter 18 (isp) in PDF format
Chapter 18 (isp) in ASCII

Chapter 19 (modems) in PDF format
Chapter 19 (modems) in ASCII

Chapter 20 (ppp) in PDF format
Chapter 20 (ppp) in ASCII

Chapter 21 (dns) in PDF format
Chapter 21 (dns) in ASCII

Chapter 22 (firewall) in PDF format
Chapter 22 (firewall) in ASCII

Chapter 23 (netdebug) in PDF format
Chapter 23 (netdebug) in ASCII

Chapter 24 (netclient) in PDF format
Chapter 24 (netclient) in ASCII

Chapter 25 (netserver) in PDF format
Chapter 25 (netserver) in ASCII

Chapter 26 (mua) in PDF format
Chapter 26 (mua) in ASCII

Chapter 27 (mta) in PDF format
Chapter 27 (mta) in ASCII

Chapter 28 (xtheory) in PDF format
Chapter 28 (xtheory) in ASCII

Chapter 29 (starting) in PDF format
Chapter 29 (starting) in ASCII

Chapter 30 (configfiles) in PDF format
Chapter 30 (configfiles) in ASCII

Chapter 31 (current) in PDF format
Chapter 31 (current) in ASCII

Chapter 32 (upgrading) in PDF format
Chapter 32 (upgrading) in ASCII

Chapter 33 (building) in PDF format
Chapter 33 (building) in ASCII


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