From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 5 9:39:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from t1-outside.immunex.com (t1.immunex.com [198.178.217.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF58D37B406 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:38:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from GoodleafJ@immunex.com) Received: from kosmo.immunex.com by t1-outside.immunex.com via smtpd (for hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) with SMTP; 5 Jun 2001 16:38:58 UT Received: from erin.immunex.com ([198.178.220.175]) by kosmo.immunex.com (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.4) with ESMTP id 2001060509385761:21525 ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:38:57 -0700 Subject: Re: OT question -- Books on OS basics To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.3 March 21, 2000 Message-ID: From: GoodleafJ@immunex.com Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:38:56 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Erin/Immunex(Release 5.0.4a |July 24, 2000) at 06/05/2001 09:38:56 AM, Itemize by SMTP Server on Kosmo/Immunex(Release 5.0.4 |June 8, 2000) at 06/05/2001 09:38:58 AM, Serialize by Router on Kosmo/Immunex(Release 5.0.4 |June 8, 2000) at 06/05/2001 09:38:59 AM, Serialize complete at 06/05/2001 09:38:59 AM Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the responses so far. As always, I appreciate everyone's willingness to help. In this case though I probably didn't explain well what I was looking for. I was hoping for theory books on operating systems. I'm already acquainted with The Complete FreeBSD and the Handbook. (Thanks though.) I want something that will explain different approaches to virtual memory, or how the softupdates approach to filesystem management is different from the journaling filesystem approach. So I'm not looking specifically for FreeBSD stuff, but for OS stuff on a more abstract plane. Thanks, John "Jonathan Slivko" To: , jeremy-novak e.edu> Subject: Re: OT question -- Books on OS basics 06/05/01 09:29 AM Please respond to js43064n "The FreeBSD Handbook" (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook) is also available in hardcover, it's a very good book :) -- Jonathan ------------------------------------------ Jonathan M. Slivko Network Admin., DataSyrge Internet S. Server Co-Admin., AsylumNet IRC Network http://www.asylum-net.org -- check us out! Pager/Voicemail: (917) 388-5304 (24 Hours) ------------------------------------------ ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: jeremy-novak Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:16:27 -0600 >On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:27:53AM -0700, GoodleafJ@immunex.com wrote: >> For personal reasons, I'm interested in learning about operating systems >> from a theoretical perspective. Here's the thing: >> >> - I don't have a background in computer science. >> - I need something basic. >> - Please recommend something if you know of a good book(s). >> >> I'm prepared to accept the possibility that there is no basic book on >> operating systems accessible to a reasonably computer-saavy person with no >> CS background. In this case, can you suggest an intro to CS that might give >> me a background from which to proceed? >> >> In short, I'd like to get up to speed, and I'm willing to do any amount of >> reading; I just want the shortest path first, so to speak. >> >> Thanks for your time, >> John > > Hi John > > Unfortunately I really don't know what single book covers this topic. This very topic is a two years of coursework at my university. And honesstly I really > don't know a whole lot about Micro$oft, haven't played with it for a couple of years. I can tell you that 'The Complete FreeBSD' by Greg Lehey and published > by Walnut Creek CDROM Books http://www.cdrom.com/ is the best starter book > for anything in the *nix category. It covers some history, comparitive > differences between *nix and MS structure/commands, easy to understand > chapters on all key phases of running the OS. If you are just looking for > a book that will not bruise the brain too much, yet be very educational > and have the ability to intelligently compare the 'popular' OS's, this is > 'the' book. > > But be carefull john. I did some similar research in 96'-97', and I got > toatally hooked. Today I don't own one single piece of M$ software. > To quote 'a famous greek phillosopher' - "Once the mind is stretched by > new ideas, it can never re-take it's former shape". I 'was' a junior year > finance major who willing and ready, threw it all away to become a C.S. major. > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > __________________________________________________________________ ____ Sent via the Pace University Mail system at stmail.pace.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message