site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Nov 20, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Daniel Corbe wrote: Some other cool OS books: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/index.html http://tinyurl.com/5536k4 http://tinyurl.com/5eq86g Sincere apologies if I totally missed the point of your question. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... I'm trying to learn more about how Operating Systems work so I'm taking an OS design course, which includes kernel development. Since I am a Mac user, I would love very much to complete my course work on my Mac Hmm... if I'm parsing your email correctly, then you will find completing your (linux-centric) coursework on your Mac to be almost impossible. The Mac OS architecture differs from Linux is some important ways, not least of which is the structure of the kernel extensions -- which are not a.out (neither are x86 linux, they are ELF, right?). Use Linux inside of VirtualBox on your Mac -- then you can "use your Mac" to complete your courseware, and not spend a dime. If you've got VMWare or Parallels on your Mac, then that's your ticket. Use the GNU/ Linux GCC toolchain on the (virtual) Linux machine to do your coursework. When you get a spare moment, read Amit Singh's *awesome* "Macintosh OS X Internals" book -- http://osxbook.com/ This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com