Re: OS book

2005-05-04 Thread Francisco Valladolid
I believe that the best way to learn OS is examinig the source code, for BSD Operating System there are some books availables. 1.- The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman 2.- Code Reading .- D

Re: OS book

2005-05-04 Thread Peter Galbavy
Artur Grabowski wrote: The country might not want tourists. And permanent residents should learn the language. LOL. I think that is the best metaphor for OpenBSD I have ever read... Peter

Re: OS book

2005-05-04 Thread Artur Grabowski
Peter Galbavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Artur Grabowski wrote: > > I recommend /usr/src/sys > > Why read books about someone elses adventures when you can get your backpack > > and travel yourself. > > Usually 'cause the maps and roadsigns are in a foreign language. The country might not wan

Re: OS book

2005-05-04 Thread Peter Galbavy
Artur Grabowski wrote: I recommend /usr/src/sys Why read books about someone elses adventures when you can get your backpack and travel yourself. Usually 'cause the maps and roadsigns are in a foreign language. Peter

Re: OS book

2005-05-03 Thread Artur Grabowski
kroty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > "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 appre

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Tobias Weingartner
On Sunday, May 1, kroty wrote: > > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > "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 appreci

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Sascha Ferley
On Mon, 2 May 2005, Jesper Louis Andersen wrote: > Quoting kroty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > > "Modern Operating Systems" (Tanenbaum) and "Operating Systems Concepts" > > (Silberschatz). I don't know wich one would be better for

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Rogier Krieger
On 5/2/05, kroty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You think I could read the MkKusick's book as a start point in OSs? No. Actually, McKusick's book on 4.4BSD even states (preface, p. ix) it is not intended as an introductory book to OS's. Personally, I borrowed Silberschatz from a friend of mine who

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Benjamin A. Collins
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 11:38:00AM +0100, Joseph Kiniry wrote: > I have heard good things about "Linux Core Kernel Commentary" by > Maxwell as well, but perhaps more as an anti-pattern book than anything > else. :) Robert Love's Linux kernel book (I forget the exact title...red binding, printed by

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Benjamin A. Collins
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:51:58AM +0200, Thierry Lacoste wrote: > Tanenbaum's "Operating systems design and implementation" is really good. > It only lacks a technical discussion of the implementation of virtual memory. > Do you know a book covering this topic? "The Design and Implementation of

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Marco Peereboom
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0136374069/ qid=1115039115/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-4586435-1847866? v=glance&s=books&n=507846 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

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Marco Peereboom
Examples in Java? Maybe you should study EmacsOS and extend your OS in Lisp. On May 2, 2005, at 2:37 AM, Peter Nuttall wrote: On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 03:26:46PM -0300, kroty wrote: I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles "Modern Operating Systems" (Tanenbaum) and "Oper

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread kroty
Jesper Louis Andersen wrote: Quoting kroty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles "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 sugge

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Joseph Kiniry
On 2 May, 2005, at 10:56, Jesper Louis Andersen wrote: Quoting kroty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles "Modern Operating Systems" (Tanenbaum) and "Operating Systems Concepts" (Silberschatz). I don't know wich one would be better for a newbie

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Jesper Louis Andersen
Quoting kroty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > "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 apprec

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Thierry Lacoste
On Monday 02 May 2005 04:29, Benjamin A. Collins wrote: > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 03:26:46PM -0300, kroty wrote: > > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > > "Modern Operating Systems" (Tanenbaum) and "Operating Systems Concepts" > > (Silberschatz). I don't know wic

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Jon Drews
On 5/1/05, kroty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I Here is a link to the free download of: "Commentary on the Sixth Edition UNIX Operating System" by John Lion http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/index.html It's reputed to be a very good in

Re: OS book

2005-05-02 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 03:26:46PM -0300, kroty wrote: > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > "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 sugges

Re: OS book

2005-05-01 Thread Benjamin A. Collins
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 03:26:46PM -0300, kroty wrote: > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > "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 suggest

Re: OS book

2005-05-01 Thread JR Dalrymple
Locate an OLD (like 80s) version of the latter. It's an AWESOME fundamentals book. The never versions are watered down big time. Windows windows windoww... blablabla. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kroty Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:27 AM

Re: OS book

2005-05-01 Thread Niall O'Higgins
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 03:26:46PM -0300, kroty wrote: > I'm going to buy a book about Operating Systems. I've seen two titles > "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 sugges