On Fri, 19 May 2000, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> I haven't read the other book mentioned in this thread, but I'd say
> that you can't go wrong with reading AEleen's.
I've read (at least good sized chunks of) both; both are good, but I
thought Nemeth was better. It doesn't go into as much detail as the
Frisch book, but it covers more topics, covers what you need to get up and
running, and I thought did a better job in giving perspective on different
philosophies of system administration. From anecdotal examples, I got
more of a sense of the experience of the writers of Nemeth than of
Frische. They made you understand WHY they did things the way they did
them. I didn't really get that from Frisch.
And yes, it is a little outdated, but as Paul pointed out, it covers all
the bases and tells you how to find out more, including web sites and RFC
references. It's also a good bit more fun to read... Frisch has a much
more dry writing style, I found.
I especially liked Nemeth's diagram of a dual token ring network that
broke! :) See pg. 301 for details...
And for those who missed it, the title is Unix System Administration
Handbook (second edition). I still find I refer to it at least once a
week. But maybe that's just 'cuz my memory sucks... :)
--
Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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