A few weeks ago I was talking with a colleague about Linux file systems. There are several file systems supported by the Linux operating system some of which have been created for it (e.g., Ext2, Ext3, Ext4) and other by different vendors (e.g., FAT, FAT32, HFS, MINIX, NTFS, System V, BSD).
Every time I run into MINIX it brings up good old memories. It was used at school to teach operating systems. I purchase a book that came with a copy of the OS. It could boot in a regular PC. Continue reading “I-Node Ext2 Linux File System”
In the past few months I have been asked about the differences between a process and a thread. No one so far has mentioned a fiber even though fibers are related to threads. Let me describe them and later give some examples on how I have and continue to use threads in my work.