Operating Systems: Design and ImplementationOperating Systems Design and Implementation, 3e, is ideal for introductory courses on computer operating systems. Written by the creator of Minux, professional programmers will now have the most up-to-date tutorial and reference available today. Revised to address the latest version of MINIX (MINIX 3), this streamlined, simplified new edition remains the only operating systems text to first explain relevant principles, then demonstrate their applications using a Unix-like operating system as a detailed example. It has been especially designed for high reliability, for use in embedded systems, and for ease of teaching. |
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Page 300
... Floppy Disk Handling The floppy disk driver is longer and more complicated than the hard disk driver . This may seem paradoxical , since floppy disk mechanisms are simpler than those of hard disks , but the simpler mechanism has a more ...
... Floppy Disk Handling The floppy disk driver is longer and more complicated than the hard disk driver . This may seem paradoxical , since floppy disk mechanisms are simpler than those of hard disks , but the simpler mechanism has a more ...
Page 301
... disk , limited to the maximum number of sectors per track on a floppy diskette . The simplicity of the floppy disk hardware is responsible for some of the complications in floppy disk driver software . Cheap , slow , low - capacity floppy ...
... disk , limited to the maximum number of sectors per track on a floppy diskette . The simplicity of the floppy disk hardware is responsible for some of the complications in floppy disk driver software . Cheap , slow , low - capacity floppy ...
Page 302
... floppy disk does not terminate in a reasonable time . Removable media can be replaced with other media , and in the case of floppy disks there are many different possible formats . IBM compatible hardware sup- ports both 3.5 - inch and ...
... floppy disk does not terminate in a reasonable time . Removable media can be replaced with other media , and in the case of floppy disks there are many different possible formats . IBM compatible hardware sup- ports both 3.5 - inch and ...
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Operating Systems: Design and Implementation Andrew S. Tanenbaum,Albert S. Woodhull No preview available - 2009 |
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_PROTOTYPE address space algorithm allocated array assembly language bitmap boot image boot monitor buffer bytes cache CD-ROM char character compiler copy critical region deadlock define device drivers disk driver endif entry example execute file descriptor file system flag floppy disk fork function handle handler hard disk hardware header files i-node I/O devices implement initialization input interrupt ioctl kernel call keyboard layer loaded loop machine macro memory MINIX MINIX 3 system mode needed notification operating system output parameters partition pointer POSIX priority proc procedure process manager process table processor queue RAM disk registers request scheduling segment semaphore server SETUID shown in Fig signal slot stack struct structure superuser system call system processes system task terminal threads timer typedef UNIX user processes user-space variable void waiting write