What's a good book to learn about the internals of operating systems (mainly OS X). I've tried reading "Mac OS X Internals" but it assumes too much (mach, EFI, kernel, BSD, etc.) Is there a good book out there that demystifies all of this stuff?
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You'll probably want to learn a little theory first, and then take a look at some simple OS's to get a better feel for what's happening "under the hood". Check out the question I asked a couple of years ago for guidance:
Giovanni Galbo
2010-01-03 18:56:22
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There is a quasi-standard book on operation systems, written by Tanenbaum: Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition)
The MYYN
2010-01-03 18:56:30
Seconded. I find this one to be clear and terse and good reading. There's a lot of bedrock understanding you need about OS's in general before you get the specifics of OS X (which is a little Frankensteiny and thus possibly harder to get your head around).
quixoto
2010-01-03 19:12:42
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This is the book my Operating Systems course used in university (it seems to be the most commonly used course textbook):
Operating System Concepts, by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne
Ether
2010-01-03 19:08:35