OS Exercise 12 graded

Exercise 12 problems have been graded and the results are posted at the Exercise Grade page (internal access only).

Academic Dishonesty

An act of academic dishonest has been identified in a class. Although most of (if not all) students must know, it needs to be reminded that such an act will result in a severe penalty.

OS Exercise 14 deadline

As we have agreed, the deadline for today's exercise submission if at 1800.

OS Exercise 11 Graded

Exercise 11 submissions have been graded and the results are posted at Exercise Grades page (internal access only). If you have any question about your exercise grades, please contact the instructor.

Please remember the exercise submission requirement (specified in the syllabus)

If a student miss more than three (four) exercises by the mid-term (final) exam, he/she will automatically fail the course. One excuse can be granted if the reason of absence is out of his/her control and proved by an official document (such as doctor's note).

In fact, there are several students who have reached this point. Please consult with the instructor if you need.

OS Help Session on 2/3 at S8 (RQ281)

The classroom for the help session on 2/3 has been confirmed. We will meet at S8 (RH281) classroom for the 4th period (1450 to 1620). Please bring the hard copy of your Exercise 14 (or any other materials for which you would like ask questions to the instructor).

OS Help Session on 2/3, 4th period

As we have discussed in the class this morning, we are going the have a help session on 2/3, 4th period. The room will be reserved with the SAD shortly and announced on this board again.

OS Exercise 14 posted

Today's problems have been posted at the Exercise page. Please note the deadline is extended to 2300 tonight.

OS S8 Classroom (RQ281) on 1/27

We are going to use the S8 classroom (2nd floor of Research Quadangles, or room 281) for the lecture during the 1st period.

OS Next Week

Next week, we will begin the class with the lecture (in LH204) covering Sections 5.4 (Disks) and 5.8 (Power Management). These two sections are your reading assignments.

During the 2nd and 3rd periods, we will work on the exercise problems that cover the sections we learned in Chapter 5 (i.e. Sections 5.1 to 5.4 and 5.8).

An extra class for reviewing the exercise problems of the next week and also for the help session is planned in the 1st week of February. On 1/27, the instructor will ask students for the mutually convenient schedule of this class.

OS Exercise 13 posted

Today's exercise problems have been posted at the Exercise page .

Like previous weeks, the deadline is at 1100 and the review will begin from 1130 at the LH204 classroom. During the break between the lab and the review, we will conduct the student survey of this course. Your cooperation would be appreciated.

OS This Week

This week, we will work in the same format as previous weeks; exercise problems based on the lecture of the last week (Sections 4.4 to the end of Chaper 4) for the first two periods (including the review in the classroom), and then lecture during the 3rd period.

We will start the last chapter of this course, Chapter 5 "Input/Output"; in particular, we will (try to) cover the Sections 5.1 to 5.3. These sections are your reading assignment.

OS Exercise 10 graded

Exercise 10 submissions have been graded and posted at the Exercise Grade page (internal access only). If you have any question about your exercise grades, please contact the instructor.

OS Midterm Exam Grades posted

Midterm Exams were graded and the results are posted at this page (accesses are limited from u-aizu.ac.jp). If you have any question, please ask the instructor.

OS Exercise 12 posted

Today's problems have been posted at the Exercise page . Like previous weeks, the deadline is at 1100 and we will review the problems from 1130 at LH204.

OS This Week

This week, like previous weeks, we will work on the exercise problems (for Sections up to 4.4) from 9 to 11 in the lab. From 11:30, we will review the problems in the classroom (LH204).

The lecture during the 3rd period should cover the rest of Chapter 4.

Please:

• review the materials you learned in the lecture last week, especial, identify what your did NOT understand. You should be able to explain the keywords (the words in bold letters) if you have decent understanding of the material.
• read the rest of Chapter 4 of the textbook;

OS Execises 7 and 9 graded

Exercises 7 and 9 have been graded and posted at the Exercise Grade page (internal access only). Please note that the grades of Exercise 7 are tentative and may be revised. If you have any question about your exercise grades, please contact the instructor.

OS Exercise 11 posted

Today's exercise problems have been posted at the Exercise page . The submission deadline is at 1100 and we will review the problems from 1130 at the Lecture Hall 204. We are using a new submission script and if you find any problem, please let the instructor know.

OS No Assistant for the rest of this semester

Unfortunately, no course assistance will be available for the Operating Systems course for the rest of this semester. Please ask any questions to the instructor.

OS This Week

This week, we will first work on the exercise problems in Section 3.7 (Segmentation) and Sections 4.1 (Files) and 4.2 (Directories) in the lab. As we did in the last class, the submission deadline is at 1100 and we will review the problems in the classroom from around 1130. Please note that we may use a different submission command. The instruction will be provided in the problem sheet.

In the 3rd period, we will have a lecture in the classroom that will cover Section 4.3 (File System Implementation) and proceed to Section 4.4 (File System Management and Optimization) as far as possible. These sections are your reading assignment.