How about the M&T books (Slackware series) "Linux System Administration" ?
Regards,
Joseph Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Company
Cleveland, OH
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Subject: [newbie] Recommended reading for would-be SysAdmin?
I currently work tech support for a local ISP and have been
running Linux on my desktop dual-booting with Win98 here at
work. I've got a nearly-complete machine here that would
probably be QUITE happy in the rack with any other machines
we have here at work.
However, I intend to use it to learn how to be a System
Administrator and am looking for a good book for someone
who already knows how to install Linux and how to run it as
an end-user. I would appreciate any suggestions you folks
have for books that are simple enough for someone with SOME
knowledge of running Linux, without being so simple as to
bore me.
I prefer something that has clear examples & illustrations
without being a "picture book." OTOH, I don't want
something that's going to be 1500 pages of tiny text! :-)
I have purchased the basic 3-CD set of Mandrake and am
planning on installing that.
I have gone to Amazon.Com and browsed through their Linux
section and having read the various comments have come to
the conclusion that most of the stuff that's been published
is either TOO detailed (i.e. aimed at someone installing
Linux for the first time) or not detailed enough (aimed at
the "expert" sys admin!) Surely there is something there in
the middle-ground!
Thanks...
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