From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 02:53:23 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF7916A4E6 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 02:53:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27CC643D31 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 02:53:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDA2485651; Mon, 9 May 2005 12:23:18 +0930 (CST) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id C05494D2F5; Mon, 9 May 2005 11:59:44 +0930 (CST) Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 11:59:44 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: "Sergey S. Ropchan" Message-ID: <20050509022944.GC3033@eucla.lemis.com> References: <8cb27cbf05050708586a2b92a9@mail.gmail.com> <63c3899e050507090157ad3e93@mail.gmail.com> <571455480.20050507211333@ramb.com.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <571455480.20050507211333@ramb.com.ua> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: Chris Hodgins cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Learning UNIX internals X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 02:53:23 -0000 On Saturday, 7 May 2005 at 21:13:33 +0300, Sergey S. Ropchan wrote: > >> On 5/7/05, Jon Drews 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