Just buy Tannenbaum and use it as a starting point. There are other books out there that help but none go in as much detail with actual code that works as this book. I bet many people learned OS principles reading this classic.
McKusick is a great resource but too hard to read for a rookie.
On May 2, 2005, at 7:51 AM, kroty wrote:
Jesper Louis Andersen wrote:
You think I could read the MkKusick's book as a start point in OSs?Quoting kroty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titlesOperating system concepts is known as the ``dinosaur'' book. The problem with
"Modern Operating Systems" (Tanenbaum) and "Operating Systems Concepts" (Silberschatz). I don't know wich one would be better for a newbie
in OSs like me. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks!
it is that it doesn't cover anything in detail. It gives you the basic ideas,
but you cannot expect to have a hands-down knowledge of any operating system.
I do not known about the tanenbaum book. I would recommend to read some
MkKusick book, be it ``the design of the 44bsd system'' or ``design of the
FreeBSD system''. These will give you some more in-depth knowledge and I
believe this is better.
