1 Content

1.1 Schedule and due dates

• The schedule and due dates will be updated as we progress through the semester (on Canvas).
• Please check back regularly for changes.

1.2 Topical outline

• Slides will usually be posted before class.
• The outline will be filled in with slides, readings, and assignments as the semester moves forward
• The topic schedule may change slightly as the semester progresses.
• mycode.tar.gz is a zip-like archive file.
  • In Linux/Unix/Mac
    • Just click on it in your file browser of choice, and it should open an “archive manager” which can unzip it
    • At the command line, you can unpack it by executing in the directory with the file: $tar -xf mycode.tar.gz
  • In Windows
    • you can open it with http://7-zip.org/

1.2.1 History and First day

Briefly:

• Review Canvas
  • Show calendar
  • Show syllabus quiz
• Review syllabus
• Show Zulip
• Show git-classes.mst.edu
• At the end: Meet your in-class neighbors

Content/00-History.html

1.2.2 Basic tools and shell review

What does the existing landscape of operating systems look like?
The following are needed for understanding the assignment framework,
and for understanding the basics of IO, piping, redirection, etc.:
../DataStructuresLab/Content/00-VirtualMachines.html
../Security/Content/21b-Virtualization.html
../DataStructuresLab/Content/01-02-LinuxBash.html
../ComputationalThinking/Content/18-InputOutput.html
(1st half, shell IO.html)

1.2.3 OS theory, Minix introduction

Content/01-Overview.html

1.2.4 C++ and C Review

If you need a review of C++, see these two class pages:
../ProgrammingCpp.html
../DataStructures.html
A quick overview of C:
Content/learnc.c

1.2.5 Makefile review

See the content on Makefiles here:
../DataStructuresLab/Content.html

1.2.6 OS design details and Minix

Here is the actual source code for Minix,
and scripts for running, editing, re-compiling:
https://git.mst.edu/os/class_minix
It is the same version as the code I review in lecture.

Content/02-Processes.html
Content/03-InputOutput.html
Content/04-MemoryManagement.html
Content/05-FileSystems.html

1.3 Assignments

pa00_vm - Run Linux in a virtual machine, do basic Bash programming.

pa01_container - Run a Linux in a container, do C programming, with Makefile example.

pa02_ps - Edit the process manager in Minix3.

pa03_? - ??