On Saturday, 7 May 2005 at 21:13:33 +0300, Sergey S. Ropchan wrote: > >> On 5/7/05, Jon Drews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi: >>> >>> I was thinking of getting one of these two books. I want to learn >>> more about how UNIX and in particular, FreeBSD work. Has anyone read >>> either of these books? >>> >>> UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers >>> by Uresh Vahalia > > I have read this book. I guess it's a good choise not only for you but > for others too. A lot of useful information about different *nix systems > implementations with good explanations (mutexe, threads, process, > scheduler .. etc).
Yes, agreed. I think that the McKusick book would be better, though. >>> Design of the UNIX Operating System (Prentice Hall Software Series) >>> by Maurice J. Bach > > This book more difficult (in educational purposes) then book above, > you can read it after Unix Internals ... by Uresh Vahalia. This is > my personal opinion. My advice is "forget it". It's very old and refers to System V.2. If you want a System V book, the Magic Garden by Goodheart and Cox is a better choice. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
