Folks - As usual, the list comes thru and quickly. The very short summary is that we'll pass on this particular book as it likely won't help us with our OS/2 to Solaris issues. My original post: > As some of you may recall, we're the group transitioning from > OS/2 to Solaris, and there has been some interest in the book > from Sun "Solaris Guide for Windows NT Administrators book" > (http://www.sun.com/books/catalog/bialaski/index.html) especially > since OS/2 and Windows are derived from the same roots. > > Has anyone read it? Comments on it's applicability for OS/2 folks? David Gladstone wrote: || ive read it. || its ok || nothing too spectacular Andrew Rotramel said: || I thought it was a good read, and a good way to introduce Window's admins to || Solaris. I have administered both, and found the biggest difference is the || following: || || Windows shares resources to people || Unix shares resources to hardware Jason Jin contributed: || As a Sr. Unix system administrtor, I have works with Solaris || for the past 7 years. I find the "Solaris Guide for Windows NT || Administrators book" is a generally good book for beginers. || except it cover most areas only briefly. || || there's two excellent book if you want to learn more || and get a better understanding of how unix(or solaris)system works,: || || UNIX System Administration Handbook, 3rd edition || by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott || Seebass, Trent R. Hein || || and || || Essential System Administration || by Aeleen Frisch || || both available from amazon.com, the writing style are easy to follow. || hope this helps,. (Both books are on my wish list.) And Christian J Hedemark noted: || I am an OS polyglot. OS/2 and NT may have come from common background but || they are very different today. In order for a guide like this to be || effective, I'd have to think you would end up having to learn two OS's at || once. || || I think one of the easiest paths into UNIX administration is to load Linux || on an old PC as there is a plethora of free and easily readable || documentation out there under the Linux Documentation Project. Once you || feel comfortable in Linux, Solaris is an easy step away. Most of your || frustration then will be in getting Solaris fixed up to do the things that || Linux does out of the box. ;-) We've actually have done that (and I actually have rusty Solaris experience). Thanks again, Debbie -- +== Debbie Tropiano == Mommy to Nathan 8/17/95 & ^Sara^ 10/25/00-11/7/00 ==+ | God shows His opposition to cancer and birth defects, not by | | eliminating them or making them happen only to bad people (He | | can't do that), but by summoning forth friends and neighbors to | | ease the burden and to fill the emptiness. -- Harold S. Kushner | +== debbie_at_icus.com ============= URL http://www.icus.com/personal.html ==+ _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Mon Jan 7 16:35:14 2002
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