Common features: Process management Interrupts Memory management File system Device drivers Networking (TCP/IP, UDP) Security (Process/Memory protection) Input/Output Some known operating systems, in alphabetical order: BSD GNU/Linux Mac OS/X Plan 9 Unix Windows
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How to learn embedded software development? [closed]
I have a background in school of programming in C and Java but I'm interested in getting more involved in things like driver development, firmware, lower level code. Where to begin?
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upgrading windows 8 consumer preview to release preview
sorry if this isn't an appropriate place for this question. However I feel safe this is the best place to get an accurate and fast answer. I currently have my main hard drive split into two ...
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Dell 790 Optiplex Windows XP
I am having difficulty installing Windows XP on a Dell 790 Optiplex. The version of Windows XP I have is a volume licensed version which has SP1 on it. When I boot from this CD, I get a blue screen ...
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Ubuntu RAID 1 Booting
I'm trying to install Ubuntu using RAID 1. In this case I have 2 harddisks with equal size to be used for RAID. I've been able to configure RAID 1 when installing
localhost:~# cat /proc/mdstat
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Wifi that not connected after installed Ubuntu
I use Toshiba. My laptop just installed Ubuntu LTS 12.04. after the install, my Wifi is still good, a day later could not connect Wifi, but Wifi ON. then 2 days later Wifi is good, and then to the ...
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How can I boot my own OS from a flash drive?
I have written an os and put it into an iso format on my mac.
I want to put it on my flash drive, plug the flash drive into a netbook (that had windows 7 starter pre-installed when I bought it) and ...
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I cant install OS on new DELL laptop [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to setup Windows XP on Dell Latitude E6400?
I have a brand new DELL lap top and it says that there is not OS installed on it, so I though I am going to try to ...
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another OS than linux is suitable to serve as a network server computer? [closed]
I recently learned about computer networks. when they want to create a computer network by my teacher encouraged me to use linux ubuntu as a server but I am not satisfied because I have many problems ...
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Will moving a computer's hard drive move the entire operating system as well?
My laptop caught a virus. So I tried to reinstall the whole OS. But it keeps failing, says Windows cannot copy files and the installation is cancelled.
Now I can't even boot the computer. It keeps ...
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Missing USB Drive in Windows 7
Have you ever plugged in a USB drive or any external device with a hard drive and wondered why you cannot see it in My Computer?
I often have, I believe my USB is not broke .. because if I plugin the ...
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Operating system functions
I am currently reading From Nand to Tetris (aka The Elements of Computing Systems) - highly recommended. Anyway, in the last chapter (which deals with operating systems) it says:
Some functions ...
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How does a computer tell a video card what to display?
How does a computer communicate pixel values to the screen?
Is there a certain command in the processor's instruction set architecture, that will make the processor communicate directly to the ...
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Best stable Linux OS as of 2012 [closed]
I'm currently using Windows and Mac for personal and development purposes right know. I'm planning on making my laptop a dual boot, Windows and Linux. I'm a beginner in Linux, I just wanted to ask if ...
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Laptop can't to installed Linux Operating System [closed]
To all, I want to ask, I wonder why my laptop can't to installed Linux operating system?
Distro that I use for it is Linux Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
My Laptop is Toshiba.
To the advice given, I say thank you
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Can't Windows 8 Consumer Preview be installed in some other drive than C?
I have downloaded Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO file and burnt it into a DVD. First thing the DVD doesn't boot and also when I try to run the setup from the DVD it asks me to clean up space in my C ...
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how to prepare a harddisk for another computer
My old laptop died lately and I want to have it fixed by a repair-shop.
Now first I want to clean the hard disk (via an external 2,5 inch casing).
I managed to connect the drive via USB in order to ...
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SSD - 20-30sec of loading OS
I recently bought the Intel SSD 330 series of 120 gb.
I really enjoy it when it is fully loaded, however.
When i start up my PC is stays for about 20-30 sec on loading OS.
Wich is very much slower ...
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Which browser does not support unicode in urls? [closed]
One time one guy has come to office and show me that polish characters in website url's path part was percentage-encoded. Currently I'm looking for browser with similar behaviour for test, but every ...
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How to find my Windows OS is x64 or ia64?
Let me explain the scenario.
While I scan many executables in my windows director with ProtectionID, I had to scan Windows Explorer. And the results or given below.
Scanning -> ...
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Is BIOS considered an OS? [closed]
This question comes to mind when dealing with RAID arrays, but is not necessarily applicable to the subject.
How is that the BIOS is able read from a hard drive to effectively load the OS, when ...
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Linux is to mount as Windows is to _______?
So Linux "mounts" a hard drive to perform some operation such as reading/writing. Does Windows "mount" in the same way?
Is it called something different in the context of Microsoft?
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I dual boot operating systems. Is there a free way I can rename one of the boot options at startup?
I dual boot operating systems. Is there a free way I can rename one of the boot options at startup? For example, if a boot option is "Windows", could I rename it to "Windows XP" somehow?
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Multiple Windows 7 installations on single laptop (dual boot)
Good day,
I have a new laptop onto which I want to install 2 separately licensed copies of Windows 7. One is for work (active directory group policies are enforced), and the other is for personal ...
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See without seeing (Dell with dead graphics card)
I have a Dell Dimension 9200 that I got back in 2007 when vista was just released. One day I switch it on and it gives no signal to the monitors. Its still does boot up though (I can hear the start up ...
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Am I entitled to a refund from Lenovo if I don't accept the installation of Windows? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I return a Microsoft License delivered with a Dell computer?
I'm in the process of upgrading the kit in my home office. I've upgraded my server and PC as well as ...
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Is is neccessary to reinstall your OS after adding more RAM?
I know my question today is subjective but I feel it requires some debate to once and for all put this myth to bed.
I've heard some myths and i'm not sure if it's true or false, but basically, the ...
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Difference between SIZE and SIZE ON DISK on a pc? Why is SIZE ON DISK always greater?
I created a simple text file. I saw its size. it was 0 bytes. Then i entered alphabet 'a' and checked the size of it. IT says:
Size : 1 bytes
Size on disk: 4.00 KB(4096 bytes)
What is the ...
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Windows 7 Upgrade [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 Upgrade using Advisor
I am trying to upgrade from windows 7 home basic to windows 7 professional, both 64-bit.
I ran the windows upgrade advisor, which says ...
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Change OS X partition to Mac OS Extended Journaled without reformatting?
I have a machine running OS X 10.5.8, and am upgrading it to Snow Leopard, and then Lion. Snow Leopard requires a Journaled partition, but the partition the OS is running on now is Mac OS Extended — ...
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Why do people care so much about boot time of an operating system? [closed]
I run both Windows and Linux, and I rarely restart my computer, once a week or a month. I just close the lid to put it to sleep or just press sleep. But whenever I see an operating system being ...
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Mobile OS without any tracking of user activities? [closed]
I have seen people talking about Android,iOS & Wp7 tracking everything they do on their phone including the location information. I would like to know if there are any Mobile OS which do not track ...
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Does it make sense to put your operating system on a SD card?
A friend suggested putting the whole operating system on a SD card, arguing that access time delays where much shorter than a regular hard drive, which needs to spin up first.
Wikipedia, however, ...
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New to Mac, can't delete files from NTFS drive
I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to use USB under OS X on my iMac. I have just got my first ever iMac and am frustrated with using my USB drive. I had previously converted this drive's ...
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Can't load first OS(Seven) on primary partition while system loads second OS(XP) on a logical partition
Excuse me for the long title that I've chosen. I made a logical partition for installing another OS which it was XP but, I forgot to change it to a primary one and after that my first OS which is a ...
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How to create bootable USB flash drive with more than one installation O.S.? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make a multiboot USB key?
What I want to do is to get
Windows 7 installation (both x64 + x86)
XP installation SP3
HBCD
All together in 1 USB flash drive. Is ...
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Windows 7 Goes Down, but Machine still Running, eg, Fans, CPU, etc
I have a weird problem that has me baffled. A few days ago, my wife reported that, when she went to run a program for our daughter on an alternate login, my machine was "off." I asked her if she ...
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Linux and battery usage [closed]
I want to install a linux distro on my laptop but I do not want to have a massive battery drain. I remember reading some kernels drain the battery faster then others? Would Mint Linux or Ubuntu out of ...
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I want to install another Windows on my PC, what should I be careful about?
I have Windows 7 on one parition of my disk. I have two or more other empty partitions.
Is there anything specific I need to pay more attention to, in order not to ruin my current system?
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Is there a maximum length for Windows system sounds?
I downloaded the song made with windows XP and 98 sounds from youtube, trimmed it, and converted it to .WAV. After all this, I added it as the Windows Logon sounds in Personalize > Sounds. I log off, ...
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How to reinstall window 7 home on one partition?
I have two partitions; in one I have Windows 7 Professional, and in the other, I have Windows 7 Home Premium which came with my laptop.
I want to re-install Windows 7 Home Premium again. But when I ...
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Unicode support between different OS and browsers
I would like to develop a web application that uses unicode. The problem is that I don't know if the user supports or not the full unicode set.
First question : is the unicode support depends on the ...
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What would happen if I take my hard drive out of my current PC and put it in a new PC?
Basically, I want to get a new PC, but I have so many software/games installed on my current hard drive, that I don't want to waste the time to re-install/re-configure. Would it work if I just take ...
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How to install Mac OS X from Windows without a CD
I have two partitions, one for windows the other for Mac OS X. Recently, my Mac OS X crashed and my partition rendered unbootable. When I insert Mac OS X's installation CD everything seems normal from ...
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Upgrade Fedora 13 to Fedora 16
I had installed Fedora 13 in 50% of the hard disk size, in other half i installed Windows 7. Now i am unable to start Fedora and even cant upgrade Fedora 13 to Fedora 16.
It gives an message that you ...
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Install vmware vm into boot instead of virtualized
I've been running a virtual machine for a while in vmware.
Luckily now i've got another computer, and there for i was wondering if it's possible get the vm installed in the computer with regular boot ...
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How long will a USB key with an OS installed on it last? [closed]
I've heard numerous times that installing an OS on a USB key is a bad thing to do, as USBs typically have a certain number of writes before dying, and installing an OS on it will wear it out (unless ...
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Where is the default restore point in windows 2003 server?
I installed some server software in my system on windows server 2003 OS, but it is corrupted. Now I want to restore the OS, to get to the state like a fresh OS copy installed. But I didn't find the ...
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Failed to boot macbook from Ubuntu USB
I am trying to put Ubuntu on my aging Macbook, as my optical drive is dead, I am following this guide to do so via USB.
The process seems to go fine in the terminal, but when I boot I only get a ...
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First partition resized after system install and second partition not working
I had a problem with my RAM upgrading, I wanted to upgrade from 2 to 4GB and my comp didn't recognize it, so I took it to service and they tried to install Windows 7 x64, and when he run boot he ...
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File system concepts (df command)
I'm finding it difficult to understand some stuffs about the df command. Suppose I type df and I have the following output
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
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