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Lecture 01 – February 03, 2002
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AGENDA:
0 Admin
1 What is an operating system?
2 P1 - Command interpreter

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0 – ADMIN
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Welcome & Intro
What you will get from this class
Dash through the syllabus
See web for all sorts of "good" stuff :-)
	http://www.css.tayloru.edu/~sbrandle/421

Meet MINIX -- parent of Linux
* Bochs & you
* Direct installation on hardware

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1 – WHAT IS AN OPERATING SYSTEM?
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Discuss
* layers fig 1-1 p. 2 
* virtual machines

O/S as extended machine
O/S as resource manager

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2 – P1 - COMMAND INTERPRETER
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Discuss operation of command interpreter (shell)

* Go through requirements on web

COS 421 – Lecture Notes #1		SPRING 2003	
COS421-lect-2003-02-03	Page 1	Printed 03.02.03