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Revision as of 19:56, 12 October 2011

This is the main page for the Fall 2011 run of Carleton University's COMP 3000, Operating Systems. The instructor for this course is Anil Somayaji

Course Outline

The course outline for this course can be found here

Readings

Readings for individual weeks are listed in the weekly table below. A backup copy of the readings can also be accessed here.

Distribution Reports

You will be submitting a operating system distribution report in three parts. In Part I, you'll be reporting on the user experience. Part II will have you examine in detail at the software installed on the system; Part III will have you evaluate configurations and performance.

Class Help

To get help, please talk to us in the labs, during office hours, or please email us. Our office hours and email addresses are on the course outline. Note that we may not respond instantly to email.

IRC, CCSS Forums...TBD

Lectures, Labs, and Deadlines

Week

Due

Topics

Readings

Notes

Sept. 12-14

Introduction, OS Overview

Sept. 19-23 Lab 1
(Sept. 23, 8 PM)
UNIX Basics Ritchie & Thompson, The UNIX Time-Sharing System.
Sept. 26-30 Lab 2
(Sept. 30, 8 PM)
Virtualization basics Barham et al., Xen and the Art of Virtualization.
Oct. 3-7 Test 1 (Oct. 5)
No tutorial
Review and Test Test 1 Study Guide
Oct. 10-14 No tutorial or class on Mon
(Thanksgiving)
Test Analysis, Report Test 1 Solutions
Oct. 17-21 Report I (Oct. 17)
Lab 3
Oct. 24-28 Lab 4
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Test 2 (Nov. 2)
No tutorial
Review and Test
Nov. 7-11 Lab 5
Nov. 14-18 Lab 6
Nov. 21-25 Lab 7
Nov. 28-Dec 2 No tutorial
Dec. 5 Report III
No tutorial
TBA Test 3 (Final Exam Period)