Operating Systems

CSC 262, Spring 1997

Ileana Streinu

Tentative Schedule

Week 1: Jan 28-Jan 30 Week 6: March 4-March 6 Week 11: April 15-April 17
Week 2: Feb 4-Feb 6 Week 7: March 11-March 13 Week 12: April 22-April 24
Week 3: Feb 11-Feb 13 Week 8: March 25-March 27 Week 13: April 29-May 1
Week 4: Feb 18-Feb 20 Week 9: April 1-April 3
Week 5:Feb 25-Feb 27 Week 10: April 8-April 10

Week 1

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Where
Tu Jan 28
1
Introduction.

Topic #0: Components of an OS. History of OS



Th Jan 30
2
The File system

Homework 1


Lecture 3

The File System (cont'd)
McC 102, 1-3

Week 2

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Where
Tu Feb 4
4
 File System Implementation.





Th Feb 6
5
File System Implementation.

Lecture 6

Static Memory Allocation: the Linker

Week 3

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu Feb 11
Work on Project 1
 Installing Minix.






Th Feb 13
Work on Project 1
 Installing Minix. Basic System Adninistration.





Week 4

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Where
Tu Feb 18
7
Dynamic Memory Allocation.







Th Feb 20
8
 Memory Management I. Segmentation.






Project 1: student presentations
McC 102

Week 5

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu Feb 25
9
Memory Management II. Paging.



Th Feb 27
10
 Memory Management III.


Week 6

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu March 4
11
 Memory Management IV. Caches.




Th March 6
12
Thrashing.


Week 7

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu March 11
13






Th March 13
14


Midterm Exam

Spring Break March 15-23

Week 8

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu March 25
15





Th March 27
16


Week 9

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu April 1
17




Th April 3
18




Week 10

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu April 8
19




Th April 9
20

Week 11

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu April 15
21





Th April 17
22


Week 12

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu April 22
23






Th April 24
24


Week 13

Date
Lecture #
Contents
Work Assigned
Homework Due
Lab
Tu April 29
25




Th May 1
26
last day of classes; wrap up






Final Exam: self-scheduled; cumulative

Old Final

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