2007-01-17

Introduction. What the course is about. CS422/Assignments/HW0. Readings: OperatingSystemsOverview, SGG Chapter 1.

  • Where to go for information: http://pine.cs.yale.edu/pinewiki/CS422

    • Announcements, schedule, etc.

  • Do CS422/Assignments/HW0 as soon as possible!

  • What you will be doing in this course.
    • Projects
      • Six projects, due every two weeks, with oral design review one week before due date.
      • Typically done in groups of two (but you can go it alone if you want).
        • Both group members share the same grade barring extremely unusual circumstances.
      • Goal is to write a complete toy operating system that boots on PC hardware by the end of the semester.
      • We will use the bochs emulator instead of putting real machines at risk.
      • Most code will be written in a mixture of x86 assembly language and C.
      • Distribution and submission using Subversion server running on pine.cs.yale.edu.
    • Exams
      • Midterm (counts as 1 assignment)
      • Final (counts as 2 assignments)
      • Mostly covers material from readings and lectures that doesn't show up in the projects.
    • Readings
  • What we are studying

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