JimD. wrote: > > As for Minux, another endeavor that failed to meet expectations. > >> It depends on what you think the expectations were. My book on Minix is >> dated 1988 and included a 5.25 floppy with the entire source code, about >> 13000 lines. Tannenbaum said he wrote it for instructional reasons, not >> commercial, and by that standard was quite successful. > > I agree that it depends on what your expectations are and I've heard those > goals before. > I'm sure your book is excellent, but I just don't think it would the the > ideal starting place.
Ideal starting place for what? Learning how an OS works? Leaving aside the word 'ideal', the best way to learn is, IMO, with a simplified version of a complex concept that gives a general overview and enough details to start to understand the underlying complexities. Minix satisfies that goal. From that point a study of something like BSD or Linux can follow for a more in depth understanding. After all, there have been a lot of PhD Dissertations on just pieces of the system like I/O, Memory Management, Message Passing, Scheduling, Networking, etc. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
