CISC361 - Operating Systems
Spring 2009

Instructor: Michael Haggerty

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02/23/2009 - Last day of Free Drop/Add
04/17/2009 - Last day to withdraw without academic penalty
05/20/2009 - CISC361 Database Systems Final
05/29/2009 - Last Day of Finals (Please do not plan on leaving campus until you know you exam schedule!)
CISC361-010 2009S Tentative Schedule
for Readings OSC refers to Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz and UD refers to OS - UDel CISC361.
Week Date Topics Readings Assignments
0 Feb 9 Intro to OS, Unix OSC: ch. 1, app. A, UD: app. A
Feb 11 Hardware review OSC: ch. 1, UD: ch. 1,2
1 Feb 16 OS basics OSC: 2.1-2.2, SMF , UD: ch. 3 HW1 Assigned
Feb 18 System calls OSC: 2.3-2.5
2 Feb 23 more System calls OSC: 2.6-2.11, UD: ch. 4, 5 Proj 1 Assigned
Feb 25 The Shell UD: ch. 6
3 Mar 2 Snow Day Classes Cancelled HW1 Due Online - Turn in paper copy on 3/4
Mar 4 Processes/Threads OSC: ch. 3,4, UD: ch. 7 HW2 Assigned
4 Mar 9 CPU Scheduling OSC: ch. 5 Quiz #1
Mar 11 CPU Scheduling OSC: ch. 5 Proj 1 Due
5 Mar 16 Virtual Machines zones_lisa.pdf, zones, more zones, Xen Proj 2 Assigned
Mar 18 Process Sync. OSC: 6.1-6.5, UD: ch. 6,8  
6 Mar 23 Finish Sync OSC: ch. 6.6-6.10  
Mar 25 Deadlock OSC: ch. 7  
7 Mar 30 Spring Break None Have Fun!
Apr 1 Spring Break None Have Fun!
8 Apr 6 Review OSC: ch. 1-7  
Apr 8 Midterm OSC: ch. 1-7 Midterm /
HW2 Due
9 Apr 13 Memory Mgmt OSC: ch. 8 HW3 Assigned
Apr 15 Finish Memory Mgmt OSC: ch. 8
10 Apr 20 Virtual Memory OSC: ch. 9  
Apr 22 more Virt Mem OSC: ch. 9 Proj 2 Due
11 Apr 27 File-System Interface OSC: ch. 10 Proj 3 Assigned
Apr 29 File-System Implementation OSC: ch. 11 HW3 Due
12 May 4 RAID - storage/ZFS OSC: ch. 12 HW4 Assigned
May 6 I/O, Protection/Security OSC: ch. 13-15 Quiz #2
13 May 11 Security OSC: ch. 14, 15
May 13 Networking, Case Studies OSC: ch 16, 17, 21, OpenSolaris, this Proj 3 Due
14 May 18 review for final OSC: ch 1-17 HW4 Due
May 20 Final Exam OSC: ch 1-17

Note: The date and time for the Final Exam will be held sometime during finals week. The university sets the times for final exams. These exam times will be announced later in the semester (typically mid-March.)
Do not make any plans that require you to leave campus before the end of finals week, until you know all the dates and times of your final exams.
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