Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:04:15 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: "Neeraj Arora" <Neeraj.Arora@ems.rmit.edu.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <eskildaas@hsbs.mil.no> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4 Questions Message-ID: <200302261104.15099.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <se5d1c9e.010@ems.rmit.edu.au> References: <se5d1c9e.010@ems.rmit.edu.au>
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On Wednesday 26 February 2003 10:59, someone, possibly Neeraj Arora, typed: > another good place to search for information would be the book > > the design and implementation of 4.4 bsd Neeraj, I might be completely off, but I think this book goes to 4.4BSD as it was=20 published by UCB. This is very different from FreeBSD 4.4. 4.4BSD is what=20 =46reeBSD 1.0 (and everything following that) was based on :) This would still be a good read to get some historical insights into the=20 architecture of BSD though. Will > >>> Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> 02/26/03 06:52PM >>> > > On Wednesday 26 February 2003 9:34, someone, possibly Aas, Eskild, typed: > > Dear Sirs > > > > > > We are three students attending H=E6rens Ingeni=F8rh=F8gskole (the norw= egian > > millitary engineering school). We are currently working on an > > assignment about operating systems. We are writing about FreeBSD 4.4. > > We would like to know if you can help us find , or tell us where we can > > find information about these following subjects: > > > > * OS structure > > * Process-handling > > * CPU-handling > > * Memory-handling > > * Filesystem (implementation) > > * I/O structure > > * Security > > A good place to start would be the FreeBSD developer's handbook, this is > available at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/inde >x.html > > It is not written specifically about 4.4, which has been deprecated for > quite some time now, but focuses on FreeBSD in general, it should get you > well on your way there though. > > Will =2D-=20 Willie Viljoen =46reelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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