Understanding Operatings System Chapter 1
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CHAPTER 1 HOMEWORK 1. Name five current operating systems (not mentioned in this chapter) and the computers or configurations each operate.
Novell DR Doss OS was compatible for personal IBM computers
|Processor |286 or better |
|RAM |512 KB |
|Drive space |5 MB (assumed) |
|Drives |Runs from hard disk or diskette |
|Video |Monochrome, CGA, EGA, VGA or better |
|File systems |FAT, FAT32 (maybe - there was a v8 that supported FAT32, but it no|
| |longer appears available on the web site. |
Ubuntu desktop 700. z processor (about Intel Celeron or better) 701. 512 MiB RAM (system memory) 702. 5 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but see Live CD for an alternative approach) 703. VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution 704. Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 1GB of memory 5 GB of available disk space DVD drive for installation Solaris – from Sun Microsystems At least 2 GB. A minimum of 4 GB for production servers. 8 GB is optimal x86_64-based processors (AMD64 or EM64T architecture
Window server 2012 160 GB hard disk with a 60 GB system partition 1.4 GHz (64-bit processor) or faster for single core 3. GHz (64-bit processor) or faster for multi-core
3. Explain the impact of the evolution of computer hardware and the accompanying evolution of operating system software
The
IRVIN REYES
ITSC 1405
CHAPTER 1 HOMEWORK 1. Name five current operating systems (not mentioned in this chapter) and the computers or configurations each operate.
Novell DR Doss OS was compatible for personal IBM computers
|Processor |286 or better |
|RAM |512 KB |
|Drive space |5 MB (assumed) |
|Drives |Runs from hard disk or diskette |
|Video |Monochrome, CGA, EGA, VGA or better |
|File systems |FAT, FAT32 (maybe - there was a v8 that supported FAT32, but it no|
| |longer appears available on the web site. |
Ubuntu desktop 700. z processor (about Intel Celeron or better) 701. 512 MiB RAM (system memory) 702. 5 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but see Live CD for an alternative approach) 703. VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution 704. Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 1GB of memory 5 GB of available disk space DVD drive for installation Solaris – from Sun Microsystems At least 2 GB. A minimum of 4 GB for production servers. 8 GB is optimal x86_64-based processors (AMD64 or EM64T architecture
Window server 2012 160 GB hard disk with a 60 GB system partition 1.4 GHz (64-bit processor) or faster for single core 3. GHz (64-bit processor) or faster for multi-core
3. Explain the impact of the evolution of computer hardware and the accompanying evolution of operating system software
The