Wes Peters wrote:
>
> Oliver Fehr wrote:
> > Well, the book covers UNIX and DOS, at least on of which can be considered
> > a modern operating system. You be the judge which on ...
>
> Neither. One is not an operating system, but merely a game loader, and
> the other is over 30 years old and d
>
> Oliver Fehr wrote:
> >
> > I recommend reading "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tannenbaum
> > (Prentice Hall). Though a bit old (1992, I think) it will give you most of
> > the information you want.
>
> The problem with Tannenbaum's book is that it doesn't cover any modern
> operati
I heard that Jon Johansen hacked the kernel to use Legal as part of his
DeCSS work...
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Wes Peters wrote:
> Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> >
> > In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>you write:
> > >>2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage
> > >>to bac
Oliver Fehr wrote:
>
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Wes Peters wrote:
> > Oliver Fehr wrote:
> > >
> > > I recommend reading "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tannenbaum
> > > (Prentice Hall). Though a bit old (1992, I think) it will give you most of
> > > the information you want.
> >
> > The prob
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Wes Peters wrote:
> There is a kernel option to use A4 pages, IIRC.
Yes, that's right next DUPLEX option to put data on both sides of the
page, thus doubling the capacity. Didn't IBM come up with that just
recently?
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On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 06:29:34AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I've been to your website, I've
> logged in under deja.news and posted questions, I've emailed several people,
> and my Dad even called the BSD 800 number for me and paid a fee to find
Oliver Fehr wrote:
>
> I recommend reading "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tannenbaum
> (Prentice Hall). Though a bit old (1992, I think) it will give you most of
> the information you want.
The problem with Tannenbaum's book is that it doesn't cover any modern
operating systems. Mr. Bl
Jonathan Lemon wrote:
>
> In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you
>write:
> >>2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage
> >>to back up main memory. I need on algorithm and one structure to show this
> >>management...along with how they relate to the management.
> >
>
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>On 22 Aug, Peter Seebach wrote:
>> Look, I don't think we want to confuse the kid. It's bad enough that the
>> crossways "8 inches" just refers to a standard octet, but the vertical 11
>> inches is a 2^N thing. It's worse still that, on
I recommend reading "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tannenbaum
(Prentice Hall). Though a bit old (1992, I think) it will give you most of
the information you want.
Hope that helps
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On 22 Aug, Peter Seebach wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Lemon writ
> es:
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>t> you write:
2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage
to back up main memory. I need on algorithm and one structure to show thi
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Lemon writ
es:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>t> you write:
>>>2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage
>>>to back up main memory. I need on algorithm and one structure to show this
>>>management...along with how they re
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you
write:
>>2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage
>>to back up main memory. I need on algorithm and one structure to show this
>>management...along with how they relate to the management.
>
>The OS manages main memory by breaki
>1. How does this OS manage process scheduling, interprocess communication,
>process synchronization, and of handling deadlocks.
These are four totally unrelated questions. For most OS's, I'd suggest
you start with the same question, without the "how", because most don't
really do much with thi
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 06:29:34AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am very green on this, so please keep this in mind if you are able to
> answer the questions below. I understand that there might be a fee for
> thisif so, please let me know.
Looks like you bit off a lot more than you c
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>
> I am researching OS's and chose FreeBSD because it was open source. I know
> nothing about OS's. I thought open source would mean that I could review
> the documentation and find all my answers. However, open source means
> nothing to me
The short answer: none of your questions has a short answer.
A recommendation: get Kirk McKusick's "Design and Implementation of 4.4BSD",
it has a lot of the information you need, and a quick skim through the
relevant chapters should be enough to give you an idea of the answers
you need. I think
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> I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I've been to your website, I've
> logged in under deja.news and posted questions, I've emailed several people,
> and my Dad even called the BSD 800 number for me and paid a fee
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