FSU COP 4610, CGS5765 (Fall 2006)Principles of Operating Systems

Homework 8 (Due 10/27/2006)

Instructor

Andy Wang ()

Office: 264 Love Building

Office Hours: M4:00-5:00pm, F3:00-4:00pm and by appointment

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1.  For each disk allocation scheme, compute the storage overhead for a 22-Kbyte file, the number of disk seeks required to access a 22-Kbyte file. Assume that you can use a 32-bit unsigned integer to track the file size, and that each disk block is 4 Kbytes. (10pts)

2.  Bonus: According to the last digit of your student ID, write a short report on how each system is designed in the context of our course material (process management, memory management, and storage management). If you cannot find any information for your system, pick a different system. (5pts)

Last digit of your student ID / Operating system
0 / Lego operating system
1 / XBox operating system
2 / Gamecube operating system
3 / Dreamcast operating system
4 / Palm operating system
5 / Windows CE operating system
6 / Cellular phone operating system
7 / Minix 3 operating system
8 / Video-on-demand server operating system
9 / VMware virtual machine