Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 00:00:10 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <GoodleafJ@immunex.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: OT question -- Books on OS basics Message-ID: <001001c0ee56$53838420$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <OFB4F5AE05.BCFE3463-ON88256A62.005AC096@immunex.com>
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Lest we forget, "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System" by Kirk McKusick is another one on OS theory. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of >GoodleafJ@immunex.com >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:39 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: OT question -- Books on OS basics > > >Thanks for the responses so far. As always, I appreciate everyone's >willingness to help. In this case though I probably didn't explain well >what I was looking for. I was hoping for theory books on operating systems. >I'm already acquainted with The Complete FreeBSD and the Handbook. (Thanks >though.) I want something that will explain different approaches to virtual >memory, or how the softupdates approach to filesystem management is >different from the journaling filesystem approach. So I'm not looking >specifically for FreeBSD stuff, but for OS stuff on a more abstract plane. >Thanks, >John > > > > > "Jonathan > > Slivko" To: ><GoodleafJ@immunex.com>, jeremy-novak <pr0cy0n@home.com> > <js43064n@pac cc: ><freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > e.edu> Subject: Re: OT >question -- Books on OS basics > > > 06/05/01 > > 09:29 AM > > Please > > respond to > > js43064n > > > > > > > > >"The FreeBSD Handbook" (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook) is also >available in hardcover, it's a very good book :) >-- Jonathan > >------------------------------------------ >Jonathan M. Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu> >Network Admin., DataSyrge Internet S. >Server Co-Admin., AsylumNet IRC Network >http://www.asylum-net.org -- check us out! > >Pager/Voicemail: (917) 388-5304 (24 Hours) >------------------------------------------ > > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: jeremy-novak <pr0cy0n@home.com> >Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:16:27 -0600 > >>On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:27:53AM -0700, GoodleafJ@immunex.com > >wrote: >>> For personal reasons, I'm interested in learning about > >operating systems >>> from a theoretical perspective. Here's the thing: >>> >>> - I don't have a background in computer science. >>> - I need something basic. >>> - Please recommend something if you know of a good book(s). >>> >>> I'm prepared to accept the possibility that there is no basic > >book on >>> operating systems accessible to a reasonably computer-saavy > >person with no >>> CS background. In this case, can you suggest an intro to CS > >that might give >>> me a background from which to proceed? >>> >>> In short, I'd like to get up to speed, and I'm willing to do > >any amount of >>> reading; I just want the shortest path first, so to speak. >>> >>> Thanks for your time, >>> John >> >> Hi John >> >> Unfortunately I really don't know what single book covers this > >topic. This very topic is a two years of coursework at my > >university. And honesstly I really >> don't know a whole lot about Micro$oft, haven't played with it > >for a couple of years. I can tell you that 'The Complete FreeBSD' > >by Greg Lehey and published >> by Walnut Creek CDROM Books http://www.cdrom.com/ is the best > >starter book >> for anything in the *nix category. It covers some history, > >comparitive >> differences between *nix and MS structure/commands, easy to > >understand >> chapters on all key phases of running the OS. If you are just > >looking for >> a book that will not bruise the brain too much, yet be very > >educational >> and have the ability to intelligently compare the 'popular' > >OS's, this is >> 'the' book. >> >> But be carefull john. I did some similar research in 96'-97', > >and I got >> toatally hooked. Today I don't own one single piece of M$ > >software. >> To quote 'a famous greek phillosopher' - "Once the mind is > >stretched by >> new ideas, it can never re-take it's former shape". I 'was' a > >junior year >> finance major who willing and ready, threw it all away to become > >a C.S. major. >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >__________________________________________________________________ >____ >Sent via the Pace University Mail system at stmail.pace.edu > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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