From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Aug 3 1: 1:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2260937B401 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 01:01:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.web.de (smtp03.web.de [217.72.192.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B3743E4A for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 01:01:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jan.Lentfer@web.de) Received: from [80.129.118.73] (helo=floundjan.homeip.net) by smtp.web.de with esmtp (WEB.DE(Exim) 4.75 #2) id 17atqT-00018l-00 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Sat, 03 Aug 2002 10:01:05 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost.lan [127.0.0.1]) by floundjan.homeip.net (Postfix on FreeBSD 4.5) with ESMTP id 24ABA353 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:01:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: by floundjan.homeip.net (Postfix on FreeBSD 4.5, from userid 80) id 6E46B2DC; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:01:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 137.248.142.16 ( [137.248.142.16]) as user jan@localhost by www-mail.floundjan.homeip.net with HTTP; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:01:00 +0200 Message-ID: <1028361660.3d4b8dbc0db40@www-mail.floundjan.homeip.net> Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:01:00 +0200 From: Jan Lentfer To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Understanding OSes and OS Programming MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 / FreeBSD-4.6 X-Originating-IP: 137.248.142.16 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-10 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all, I know that this is very off topic here, but from what I could see so far there seem to be quite a few *system hackers* on this list, so i thought I still might ask. Please forgive me. I am a biologist and after finishing my diploma exams and wiht more time at my hands I want to get deeper into OS design and programming. I thought the best way to start off is buying a good book so I looked around at amazon and found the following: 1) The Design of the UNIX Operating System, Maurice J Bach, 1986 2) The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System (Unix and Open Systems Series.), Marshall Kirk McKusick, Addison Wesley, Addison Wesley and of course.. 3) Operating Systems: Design And Implementation (2nd Edition), Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull, 1997 Any suggestions on these books? Are there others/betters? I already have Programming C/Unix Programming books (very cheap on ebay). Many thanks in advance and since it is so off topic could you please answer me directly - not to the list. Thanks again... Jan ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message