Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-10 Thread Charles Swiger
On May 7, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Yes, it will be. You'll need something more basic to start with. While the books you asked about in your initial post will be okay, my suggestion would be [Tanenbaum, Modern Operating Systems, ISBN 0130313580], which provides more of a

Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-10 Thread Alden Pierre
Charles Swiger wrote: On May 7, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Yes, it will be. You'll need something more basic to start with. While the books you asked about in your initial post will be okay, my suggestion would be [Tanenbaum, Modern Operating Systems, ISBN 0130313580], which

Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-08 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 7 May 2005 at 21:13:33 +0300, Sergey S. Ropchan wrote: On 5/7/05, Jon Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-07 Thread Jon Drews
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

Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-07 Thread Chris Hodgins
On 5/7/05, Jon Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-07 Thread Jon Drews
On 5/7/05, Chris Hodgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are interested in Unix and FreeBSD this is a good choice: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0201702452/reviews/026-9762435-1924466 Thank you Chris: The problem is I don't know what semaphores, mutex locks

Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-07 Thread Chris Hodgins
On 5/7/05, Jon Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/7/05, Chris Hodgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are interested in Unix and FreeBSD this is a good choice: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0201702452/reviews/026-9762435-1924466 Thank you Chris: The

Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-07 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jon Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 5/7/05, Chris Hodgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are interested in Unix and FreeBSD this is a good choice: [McKusick/Neville-Neil,The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, ISBN 0201702452] Thank you Chris: The problem

Re[2]: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-07 Thread Sergey S. Ropchan
On 5/7/05, Jon Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Learning UNIX internals

2005-05-07 Thread RW
On Saturday 07 May 2005 17:30, Jon Drews wrote: On 5/7/05, Chris Hodgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are interested in Unix and FreeBSD this is a good choice: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0201702452/r eviews/026-9762435-1924466 Thank you Chris: The