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[SirDice]

Joe Taylor wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am new to the list and to FreeBSD.  I am a Solaris Admin and am having
> some issues with translating from SUNos commands to BSD commands or
> rather finding where config files are located.

Most configfiles for the base OS are found in /etc.
Most ports/packages install their configfiles in /usr/local/etc.

> first question is there an archinve I can search before I start asking
> question that have already been asked before?

Google groups is the biggest usenet archive (20+ years).
Freebsd specific maillinglists can be found here:
http://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html

> Second question is there a refrence book that anyone can recommend?

The handbook would be a good place to start..
http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html

Cheers,

Remko C.