Operating Systems (Fall 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

TBA

Labs are due on Friday by 8 PM of the week they are assigned.

Lab 1: Sept. 18, 19: UNIX Basics
Lab 2: Sept. 26, 27
Test 1: Wed., October 5

Report Part 1: Oct 17

Lab 3: Oct. 17, 18
Lab 4: Oct. 24, 25
Test 2: Wed., November 2

Report Part 2: Nov 7

Lab 5: Nov. 7, 8
Lab 6: Nov. 14, 15
Lab 7: Nov. 21, 22

Final Report: Dec. 5

Test 3 during exam period

Week	Due	Topics	Readings
Sept. 12-14		Introduction, OS Overview
Sept. 19-21	Lab 1 (Friday, 8 PM)	UNIX Basics	Ritchie & Thompson, The UNIX Time-Sharing System.
Sept. 26-28	Lab 2 (Friday, 8 PM)	Virtualization basics	Barham et al., Xen and the Art of Virtualization.