You'd best be familiar with command line operations in general before jumping in, though. This chapter is, unlike Chapter 7, highly tutorial. These aren't as in-depth as I've seen in other references, but they highlight most of the common problem areas quite well. They have little effective documentation of their own. Starting from basic LAN terms and concepts, it jumps to plenty of real-world examples in the LAN Server environment.
Most sane people hate having to troubleshoot problems with their operating systems.
When you do have to do it, you want as much clear information as you can get. That's the purpose of Chapter 18. It starts with a section on recovery from installation problems that's quite thorough, then moves on to problem prevention and preparation for the few problems which will ultimately occur. Lot's of good stuff here, but I wouldn't throw away my ability to access on-line support for answers to the many questions which aren't covered here. This is the one major exception.