From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3C5FBF45.3F413FE3@strakt.com> From: Boyd Roberts MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Virtual memory & paging References: <20020204103944.36F5419A27@mail.cse.psu.edu> <3.0.6.32.20020205061022.009b6220@pop3.clear.net.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:17:25 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4bba4ce4-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Andrew Simmons wrote: > Another reason of course is that we Windows programmers are simply not very > bright. There is that, but the environment is so hostile it really is hard. > Could anyone recommend a good book to help me remedy my profound ignorance > of these matters? I'm looking for a conceptual overview, nothing too heavy, > rather than something that will actually teach me how to write an OS. > Andrey mentioned Silberschatz & Galvin - would that fit the bill? When I were a lad, we used this: Fundamentals of Operating Systems By A. Lister Hardcover 161 Pages Edition: 3rd ed Published by Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated Date Published: 09/1985 ISBN: 0387912517 At 161 pages it makes it a 'readable' size. The rest I picked up 'the hard way' (tm) or from brucee or maltby.