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 <H1><font color=#e00000>Books about BSD</font></H1>  <H1><font color=#e00000>Books about BSD</font></H1>
   <P>We are now associated with <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com"> Amazon.com</A>
   so that you can order some of these books directly from them.
   <EM>Ordering from these "Order from Amazon" links is a way of helping to
   fund the OpenBSD project</EM>
 <H2>User Guides</H2>  <H2>User Guides</H2>
 <P>"Berkeley UNIX" (now known as "BSD", for Berkeley System Distribution)  <P>"Berkeley UNIX" (now known as "BSD", for Berkeley System Distribution)
 is so widely known that there is no need to list  is so widely known that there is no need to list
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 Some of the user guides cover exclusively the System V version, or  Some of the user guides cover exclusively the System V version, or
 some specific implementation such as Solaris, Linux, or whatever,  some specific implementation such as Solaris, Linux, or whatever,
 while others try to be general. There are some that cover Berkeley UNIX.  while others try to be general. There are some that cover Berkeley UNIX.
 <H2>Books about the System</H2>  <FONT COLOR="Red">UNIX Made Easy</FONT> is one general book.
 <DL>  <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>.
 <DT><A HREF="http://cseng.aw.com/bookdetail.qry?ISBN=0-201-54979-4&ptype=0">The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</A>  <P>Two BSD-specific UNIX user's guides still in print are:
   <UL>
   <LI><FONT COLOR=Red>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</FONT>.
   <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
   <LI>The more ambitious
   <FONT COLOR=Red>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</FONT>
   <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
   </UL>
   <P>Every advanced UNIX user will probably want a copy of
   <FONT COLOR=Red>UNIX Power Tools</FONT>, now in its second edition.
   <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565922603/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
   
   <P>You may see reference to the <FONT COLOR=Red>4.4 BSD
   User's Reference Manual (URM)</FONT>, O'Reilly, 1994
   <P>This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
   Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
   which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
   you don't need this one: use the <EM>man</EM> command instead.
   
   <H2>Administering the OpenBSD System</H2>
   We can't unreservedly recommend any books specifically on OpenBSD
   Administration at present. However, if you're administering OpenBSD
   you may also have to administer other versions of UNIX. A good
   book on UNIX administration, with special mentions of details in
   SunOS, Solaris, and BSDI, the commercial 4.4BSD distribution, is
   <FONT Color=Red>UNIX System Administration Handbook</FONT>, Second Edition, by Evi Nemeth,
   Garth Snyder, et al.
   <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131510517/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>.
   
   <P><FONT COLOR=Red>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</FONT>
   O'Reilly, 1994
   <P>Details on what you need to run a BSD system.
   Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
   Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
   Worse, Due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
   the electronic editions of these were not included in the
   4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
   The few that are can be found via the <A HREF="docum.html">Documents page</A>.
   
   <P><EM>Avoid</EM> books on installing/configuration particular "other"
   distributions of BSD, as the installation procedures for each are
   wildly different.
   
   <H2>Books on Programming Under the BSD System</H2>
   
   <P><FONT COLOR=Red>4.4 BSD Programmer's Reference Manual (PRM)</FONT>
   O'Reilly, 1994
   <P>This is a printed version of the Programmer's Manual.
   You have the online man pages, which are specific to OpenBSD, instead.
   Use the <EM>man</EM> command to read these!
   
   <P><FONT COLOR=Red>BSD-Lite 4.4 CD-ROM Companion: International Edition</FONT>
   UC Berkeley Staff, Computer Systems Research Group; O'Reilly, 1994
   This neat little package contains a CD-ROM with just the unbundled
   portions of 4.4BSD-Lite-1, which not only is obsolete, but is not a
   complete, bootable system. Also a small booklet listing contributors,
   and the index to the printed man pages. Overall, not very useful.
   <A HREF="orders.html">Buy an OpenBSD CD-ROM instead!</A>
   
   
   <H2>Books about how the System works, for those wanting to modifying it</H2>
   <P><A HREF="http://cseng.aw.com/bookdetail.qry?ISBN=0-201-54979-4&ptype=0">The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System</A>
 Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman  Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
 Addison-Wesley: 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4.  Addison-Wesley: 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4.
   
 <DD>At 549 pages plus index. this must be considered comprehensive.  <P>At 549 pages plus index. this must be considered comprehensive.
 McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at  McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
 Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD  Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
 period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses  period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
 everything you wanted to know about how the system operates.  Not  everything you wanted to know about how the system operates.  Not
 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall  100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
 system internals manual for OpenBSD.  system internals manual for OpenBSD.
   <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon.com</A>
   
 <DT><EM>The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System</EM>  <P><FONT COLOR=Red>The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System</FONT>
 Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick  Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick
 <DD>An earlier book from many of the same good folk at CSRG.  <P>An earlier book from many of the same good folk at CSRG.
 Slightly dated, but gives an overall feel for the beast if you can find  Slightly dated, but gives an overall feel for the beast if you can find
 it real cheap at a garage sale.  it real cheap at a garage sale.
 <DT><EM>The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System : Answer Book</EM>  
   <P><FONT COLOR=Red>The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System : Answer Book</FONT>
 Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick  Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick
 1991  1991
 <DD>Answers to the "exercises for the reader" in the 4.3 version of the book.  <P>Answers to the "exercises for the reader" in the 4.3 version of the book.
   
 <DT><EM>Virtual Memory System Source Code Secrets: The 386BSD  <P><FONT COLOR=Red>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD
 Operating System Reference</EM>  Operating System Reference</FONT>
   (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)
 L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz  L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz
 1997  1997
 <DD>The Jolitzs built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,  <P>The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
 and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost  and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
 architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described  architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
 in articles in <EM>Dr. Dobbs Journal</EM>. This book goes beyond the articles,  in articles in <EM>Dr. Dobbs Journal</EM>. This book goes beyond the articles,
 and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.  and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
 Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but  Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
 you can still learn a lot from it.  you can still learn a lot from it.
   <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order it from Amazon.com</A>
   
 <DT><EM>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</EM>  <P><FONT COLOR=Red>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</FONT>,
 O'Reilly, 1994  
 <DD>Details on what you need to run a BSD system.  
 Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.  
 Unfortunately it and the remaining books from O'Reilly  
 are currently listed as out of print.  
   
 <DT><EM>4.4 BSD Programmer's Reference Manual (PRM)</EM>  
 O'Reilly, 1994  
 <DD>This is a printed version of the Programmer's Manual.  
 You have the online man pages, which are specific to OpenBSD, instead.  
   
 <DT><EM>4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM)</EM>  
 O'Reilly, 1994  
 <DD>Man pages for users. Same note as above; use the man command.  
   
 <DT><EM>BSD-Lite 4.4 CD-ROM Companion: International Edition</EM>  
 UC Berkeley Staff, Computer Systems Research Group; O'Reilly, 1994  
 <DD>This neat little package contains a CD-ROM with just the unbundled  
 portions of 4.4BSD-Lite-1, which not only is obsolete, but is not a  
 complete, bootable system.  
 <A HREF="orders.html">Buy an OpenBSD CD-ROM instead!</A>  
   
 <DT><EM>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</EM>,  
 Peer-to-Peer ommunications, 1996.  ISBN 1-57398-013-7.  Peer-to-Peer ommunications, 1996.  ISBN 1-57398-013-7.
 <DL>Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford  Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
 is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson  is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
 claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition  claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
 of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated  of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
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 UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction  UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
 to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.  to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
 Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.  Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
 </DL>  <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon.com</A>
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