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21: <H1><font color=#e00000>Books about BSD</font></H1>
1.2 ian 22: <P>We are now associated with <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com"> Amazon.com</A>
23: so that you can order some of these books directly from them.
24: <EM>Ordering from these "Order from Amazon" links is a way of helping to
1.4 ! ian 25: fund the OpenBSD project</EM>.
1.1 ian 26: <H2>User Guides</H2>
1.3 millert 27: <P>"Berkeley UNIX" (now known as "BSD", for Berkeley Software Distribution)
1.1 ian 28: is so widely known that there is no need to list
29: the basic "how-to" books about it here - there are too many to list!
30: Some of the user guides cover exclusively the System V version, or
31: some specific implementation such as Solaris, Linux, or whatever,
32: while others try to be general. There are some that cover Berkeley UNIX.
1.4 ! ian 33: <P><FONT COLOR="Red">UNIX Made Easy</FONT> is one general book that
! 34: is said to be good, though we've not tested it.
1.2 ian 35: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0078821738/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>.
36: <P>Two BSD-specific UNIX user's guides still in print are:
37: <UL>
38: <LI><FONT COLOR=Red>Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide</FONT>.
39: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=047161582X/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
40: <LI>The more ambitious
41: <FONT COLOR=Red>An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C</FONT>
42: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0130684953/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
43: </UL>
44: <P>Every advanced UNIX user will probably want a copy of
45: <FONT COLOR=Red>UNIX Power Tools</FONT>, now in its second edition.
46: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565922603/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
47:
48: <P>You may see reference to the <FONT COLOR=Red>4.4 BSD
49: User's Reference Manual (URM)</FONT>, O'Reilly, 1994
50: <P>This is just a reprint of the man pages for users.
51: Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages,
52: which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So
53: you don't need this one: use the <EM>man</EM> command instead.
54:
55: <H2>Administering the OpenBSD System</H2>
56: We can't unreservedly recommend any books specifically on OpenBSD
57: Administration at present. However, if you're administering OpenBSD
58: you may also have to administer other versions of UNIX. A good
59: book on UNIX administration, with special mentions of details in
60: SunOS, Solaris, and BSDI, the commercial 4.4BSD distribution, is
61: <FONT Color=Red>UNIX System Administration Handbook</FONT>, Second Edition, by Evi Nemeth,
62: Garth Snyder, et al.
63: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131510517/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>.
64:
65: <P><FONT COLOR=Red>4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM)</FONT>
66: O'Reilly, 1994
67: <P>Details on what you need to run a BSD system.
68: Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD.
69: Unfortunately it is currently out of print.
70: Worse, Due to licensing restrictions from AT&T,
71: the electronic editions of these were not included in the
72: 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD.
73: The few that are can be found via the <A HREF="docum.html">Documents page</A>.
74:
75: <P><EM>Avoid</EM> books on installing/configuration particular "other"
76: distributions of BSD, as the installation procedures for each are
77: wildly different.
78:
79: <H2>Books on Programming Under the BSD System</H2>
80:
81: <P><FONT COLOR=Red>4.4 BSD Programmer's Reference Manual (PRM)</FONT>
82: O'Reilly, 1994
83: <P>This is a printed version of the Programmer's Manual.
84: You have the online man pages, which are specific to OpenBSD, instead.
85: Use the <EM>man</EM> command to read these!
86:
87: <P><FONT COLOR=Red>BSD-Lite 4.4 CD-ROM Companion: International Edition</FONT>
88: UC Berkeley Staff, Computer Systems Research Group; O'Reilly, 1994
89: This neat little package contains a CD-ROM with just the unbundled
90: portions of 4.4BSD-Lite-1, which not only is obsolete, but is not a
91: complete, bootable system. Also a small booklet listing contributors,
92: and the index to the printed man pages. Overall, not very useful.
93: <A HREF="orders.html">Buy an OpenBSD CD-ROM instead!</A>
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1.4 ! ian 95: <P>An older book which still sheds much light on the philosophy
! 96: of programmi UNIX is <FONT COLOR=Red>The UNIX Programming Environment</FONT>,
! 97: by Kernighan and Pike. It is not specific to BSD, but most of it applies.
! 98: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0131937681/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>.
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100: <H2>Books about how the System works, for those wanting to modifying it</H2>
101: <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>
1.1 ian 102: Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman
103: Addison-Wesley: 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4.
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1.2 ian 105: <P>At 549 pages plus index. this must be considered comprehensive.
1.1 ian 106: McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at
107: Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD
108: period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses
109: everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not
110: 100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall
111: system internals manual for OpenBSD.
1.4 ! ian 112: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201549794/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
1.1 ian 113:
1.2 ian 114: <P><FONT COLOR=Red>The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System</FONT>
1.1 ian 115: Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick
1.2 ian 116: <P>An earlier book from many of the same good folk at CSRG.
1.1 ian 117: Slightly dated, but gives an overall feel for the beast if you can find
118: it real cheap at a garage sale.
1.2 ian 119:
120: <P><FONT COLOR=Red>The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System : Answer Book</FONT>
1.1 ian 121: Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick
122: 1991
1.2 ian 123: <P>Answers to the "exercises for the reader" in the 4.3 version of the book.
1.1 ian 124:
1.2 ian 125: <P><FONT COLOR=Red>Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD
126: Operating System Reference</FONT>
127: (Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets)
1.1 ian 128: L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz
129: 1997
1.2 ian 130: <P>The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture,
1.1 ian 131: and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost
132: architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described
133: in articles in <EM>Dr. Dobbs Journal</EM>. This book goes beyond the articles,
134: and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code.
135: Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but
136: you can still learn a lot from it.
1.4 ! ian 137: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980269/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
1.1 ian 138:
1.2 ian 139: <P><FONT COLOR=Red>Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code</FONT>,
1.1 ian 140: Peer-to-Peer ommunications, 1996. ISBN 1-57398-013-7.
1.2 ian 141: Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford
1.1 ian 142: is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson
143: claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition
144: of the workings of a 'real' operating system." Originally circulated
145: in illicit photocopies, this is the book that most first- and second-generation
146: UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction
147: to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before.
148: Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above.
1.4 ! ian 149: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1573980137/openbsdA/">Order from Amazon</A>
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