OS Exercise 7 posted

Today's exercise problem has been posted at the Exercise page . Please make a hard copy of your answers and bring it with you for the review in the 3rd period.

No Office Hour Tomorrow

There will not be office hours tomorrow. If you planned to visit my office, please contact by email and make an arrangement for an appointment. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

OS This Week

This week, we proceed to CHAPTER 3 "MEMORY MANAGEMENT" of the textbook. It is expected to cover the first two sections (3.1 " NO MEMORY ABSTRACTION" and 3.2 "A MEMORY ABSTRACTION: ADDRESS SPACES") during the lecturing in the 1st period. However, it is also possible to proceed to Section 3.3 (VIRTUAL MEMORY) if the time allows. Read these sections, find what the instructor will talk about and look at the keywords (the words in bold letters) -- do 'google' on these keywords.

As it has been told you from the first day of the class, just sitting in the classroom, without textbook and/or taking notes, won't get you anything...

OS exercise 6 posted

The Exercise 6 problems have been posted at the Exercise page . The submission deadline is at 1210 of tomorrow (11/18).

OS Exercise 5 posted

The Exercise 5 problems have been posted at the Exercise page .

The submission deadline is at 2359 of Sunday, Nov 15. (in other words, before Monday next week).

OS Make-up Class Tomorrow and next week

As we have discussed yesterday, we will have make-up classes tomorrow as follows:

5th period:

Exercise (Problems in Section 2.4, Scheduling) at std4 (Lecture Hall 102)

6th period:

Lecture (Chapter 6, Deadlocks) at M2 (Lecture Hall 202)

The problems for tomorrow's exercise class will be posted later today so that you can start working early as homework.

We also have discussed on the schedule for next week as follows:

1st and 2nd periods:

Exercise (Problems in Chapter 6, Deadlocks) at std2 (Research Quadrangles 146). These periods also serve as the help session for the mid-term exam.

3rd period:

Mid-term Exam at M4 (Lecture Hall 204), which covers Chapters 1, 2 and 6

To prepare for the mid-term exam, please read Examination Policies and Rules carefully. If you have any question, please ask the instructor.

OS id for posting your grades

The students taking the operating systems course must have received email with OD_ID as the subject. Please keep the number in the email message as we use it when posting your grades on assistant's web page.

(This id replaces what we sent you before. sorry for any inconvenience this may cause).

OS Exercise 4 posted

Today's exercise problem has been posted at the Exercise page . The submission deadline is at 1310 (at the end of lunch break). However, it is desired to finish it within the 2nd period, take lunch and prepare for the lecture in the 3rd period.

OS Schedule Tomorrow

Tomorrow, we will work on the exercise problem in Section 2.3 (Interprocess Communication) at std2 (Research Quadrangles 146) for the first two period. In the afternoon (3rd period), we will study Section 2.4 (Scheduling) at M4 (Lecture Hall 204) .

This evening, you must have received email and we plan to have make-up classes on Friday this week. If this plan conflicts with the course schedule of large fraction of students, we may re-schedule the make-up classes. If it is the case for you, please reply to the email immediately.

OS Class for tomorrow canceled

Due to the sickness of the instructor, the operating systems classes for tomorrow have been cancelled. The make-up classes (for both last week and this week) will be arranged and will be announced soon. It will be scheduled by taking the class schedule of the registered students of the OS class; however, at this moment, Friday (next week or later) afternoon is a possibility.

Sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused.