Hi all,

Before I start, I just wanted to mention that I did check in the "I'm new to Unix, what books should I read" sub-forum but didn't find anything that I thought was useful (or maybe I don't know what I'm looking for!).

I'm a Windows Admin, have been for quite a few years, all the way from NT4 and upwards. In my new job, we are about to take on 60+ new Solaris 10 servers and already have quite a few in place. With the current state the world is in financially there are talk of job cuts and I have been advised by my boss to make myself as indispensible as possible by combining Unix/Solaris experience alongside my Windows experience.

My problem is that I have literally no idea where to even begin learning. Learning Windows in its various guises was easy since I had people to help me along the way (and also I was a lot younger, learning came easier!!). I've bought two books on Unix already that I thought would help me (Unix for Dummies, and Unix in a Nutshell) but unfortunately one assumes I have no knowledge of anything computer related, and the other looks like an extremely useful resource, but a bit beyond my scope at the moment.

Bear in mind that I know basically nothing, but am extremely keen to learn, can anyone advise on where I should start? I have access to Solaris 10 on my laptop, so I will have a working system to play with.

Any help is massively appreciated, thank you.