On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:24:38AM -0700, Wilton Helm wrote: > >New to Aserisk 1.6 and find the 'installation tutorials' seem low to non > >existent. > > > I first looked at * about four months ago and rapidly came to the same > conclusion. Even with the O-Reilly book, which I purchased in paper, > although it is freely downloadable, I feel there is a huge dearth of > information. As I have become a bit involved, I find there is more than > meets the eye, but it is spread across the entire internet! So far I am not > aware of anything that fits any of three categories I feel are essential: > > 1. A good tutorial with enough detail to allow a person with a CS > degree, > years of telephony experience and limited Linux experience (myself) > to install and configure a reasonable * system (something more complex > that an FXO or two and a couple of SIP phones.
Occasionally someone writes such a HOWTO. It varies between versions and by your setup. > > 2. A reference guide that lists all commands and options with > explanations of why > they are useful and how to use them. Even the book doesn't attempt > to touch > this one. Such a reference needs to include things like Dahdi and > other pieces > that aren't strictly part of * but without which few installations > could exist. > Checked for 1.6.0 and on. See asterisk.pdf (and later also an HTML copy) under doc/ . As for DAHDI: a starting point would be the README files included in dahdi-linux and dahdi-tools . See them also in: http://docs.tzafrir.org.il/dahdi-linux/ http://docs.tzafrir.org.il/dahdi-tools/ Or use 'make docs' -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[email protected] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[email protected] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[email protected]/tzafrir _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
