Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 11:59:44 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "Sergey S. Ropchan" <fenix@ramb.com.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Learning UNIX internals Message-ID: <20050509022944.GC3033@eucla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <571455480.20050507211333@ramb.com.ua> References: <8cb27cbf05050708586a2b92a9@mail.gmail.com> <63c3899e050507090157ad3e93@mail.gmail.com> <571455480.20050507211333@ramb.com.ua>
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On Saturday, 7 May 2005 at 21:13:33 +0300, Sergey S. Ropchan wrote: > >> On 5/7/05, Jon Drews <jon.drews@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi: >>> >>> I was thinking of getting one of these two books. I want to learn >>> more about how UNIX and in particular, FreeBSD work. Has anyone read >>> either of these books? >>> >>> UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers >>> by Uresh Vahalia > > I have read this book. I guess it's a good choise not only for you but > for others too. A lot of useful information about different *nix systems > implementations with good explanations (mutexe, threads, process, > scheduler .. etc). Yes, agreed. I think that the McKusick book would be better, though. >>> Design of the UNIX Operating System (Prentice Hall Software Series) >>> by Maurice J. Bach > > This book more difficult (in educational purposes) then book above, > you can read it after Unix Internals ... by Uresh Vahalia. This is > my personal opinion. My advice is "forget it". It's very old and refers to System V.2. If you want a System V book, the Magic Garden by Goodheart and Cox is a better choice. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers
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