While the manual pages provide the definitive reference for individual pieces of the FreeBSD operating system, they are notorious for not illustrating how to put the pieces together to make the whole operating system run smoothly. For this, there is no substitute for a good book on Unix system administration and a good users' manual.
International books & Magazines:
Using FreeBSD (in Chinese).
FreeBSD for PC 98'ers (in Japanese), published by SHUWA System Co, LTD. ISBN 4-87966-468-5 C3055 P2900E.
FreeBSD (in Japanese), published by CUTT. ISBN 4-906391-22-2 C3055 P2400E.
Complete Introduction to FreeBSD (in Japanese), published by Shoeisha Co., Ltd. ISBN 4-88135-473-6 P3600E.
Personal UNIX Starter Kit FreeBSD (in Japanese), published by ASCII. ISBN 4-7561-1733-3 P3000E.
FreeBSD Handbook (Japanese translation), published by ASCII. ISBN 4-7561-1580-2 P3800E.
FreeBSD mit Methode (in German), published by Computer und Literatur Verlag/Vertrieb Hanser, 1998. ISBN 3-932311-31-0.
FreeBSD 4 - Installieren, Konfigurieren, Administrieren (in German), published by Computer und Literatur Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-932311-88-4.
FreeBSD Install and Utilization Manual (in Japanese), published by Mainichi Communications Inc..
Onno W Purbo, Dodi Maryanto, Syahrial Hubbany, Widjil Widodo Building Internet Server with FreeBSD (in Indonesia Language), published by Elex Media Komputindo.
English language books & Magazines:
Absolute BSD: The Ultimate Guide to FreeBSD, published by No Starch Press.
The Complete FreeBSD, published by BSDi.
The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide, published by Addison-Wesley.
This, and other documents, can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/.
For questions about FreeBSD, read the
documentation
before contacting <questions@FreeBSD.org>.
For questions about this documentation, e-mail <doc@FreeBSD.org>.