Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 11:35:57 -0400 From: Alden Pierre <alden.pierre@verizon.net> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: Jon Drews <jon.drews@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Learning UNIX internals Message-ID: <4280D4DD.5050004@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <8cc5990cc666258f1a980d6760a05931@mac.com> References: <8cb27cbf05050708586a2b92a9@mail.gmail.com> <63c3899e050507090157ad3e93@mail.gmail.com> <8cb27cbf0505070930785d47d8@mail.gmail.com> <44r7gj5602.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <8cc5990cc666258f1a980d6760a05931@mac.com>
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Charles Swiger wrote: > On May 7, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> Yes, it will be. You'll need something more basic to start with. >> While the books you asked about in your initial post will be okay, >> my suggestion would be [Tanenbaum, "Modern Operating Systems", >> ISBN 0130313580], which provides more of a theoretical background for >> OS concepts. > > > I'd second this recommendation. Tanenbaum's a good author... > I'm currently using this book in my OS class this semester. I have no knowledge on unix internals, but this book gives an excellent overview on OS concepts. After we had finished the chapter 2 on threads and process, I used this site to learn about synchornization http://www.llnl.gov/computing/tutorials/workshops/workshop/pthreads/MAIN.html#Overview. Not to mention after finishing each chapter, we used Nachos(http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/tom/nachos/) to build on the ideas Tanenbaum's talked about. Once I'm done with this book, I think I'll be ready to look at the book by Marshall Kirk McKusick. I'm in undergrad in my 2nd year in the computer science curriculm, so I was fortunate to have a great professor to help me along the way. Regards, Alden
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