Discussed Documenting installation project & Sources for Project Information
Some useful web sites were noted on home page
Looked at examples for writing up OS installation notes
Practice problems at http://os-book.com
Chapter 2 Operating-System Structures
Parts of an OS
Comparison of user interfaces
System calls vs. API
Types of system calls (p47)
Communications-message passing vs. shared-memory
Separation of policy from mechanism
Porting an OS
Layered approach-problems with approach (p61)
Micro kernel & Mach
Load modules
Virtual Machines
.Net Framework
Operating system generation
Step is booting an OS