CS377 Operating Systems

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CS377 Operating Systems

• TA- Manjunath Narayana (Manju)
• narayana_at_cs.umass.edu

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• (1) Sign-in
• (2) Student info

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Edlab accounts

• Make sure you already have an account
• Labs open Monday - Sep 14
• Can check if your account is active by remote
  log-in now (ssh)
• ssh xyz_at_elnux1-7.cs.umass.edu
• Initial password should be ELXXXYYY
• XXX last 3 digits of student ID number
• YYY first 3 letters of student user name

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Edlab email

• username_at_edlab.cs.umass.edu
• By default, forwarded to your university email.
  Can change this by changing the .forward file in
  your home directory
• Your feedback for submissions, announcements will
  all go to this email address
• Check your university email address regularly

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Bulletin board

• Register
• Homeworks, discussions, questions, etc

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Homeworks

• Every week
• Due before discussion section
• To be turned in, will be returned with feedback
• For your own benefit. Do these before you come
  for discussion
• Keep up with the homeworks then projects become
  easier

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Email

• narayanaREMOVEME_at_cs.umass.edu
• Will try to be prompt, but be patient.
• Typically will clear all backlog emails between
  6-7 PM daily
• Mention CS377 in subject and in the body
  (automatically filtered to my TA folder)

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Office hours

• Monday, Wednesday
• 400 PM to 500 PM Edlab (LGRT 223/225)
• Appointments email me
• Use the office hours!
• Stay up to speed with class, spend some extra
  time in initial part of course. Will help.

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Autograder

• Will submit your projects to autograder, which
  also checks for plagiarism
• One submission per day with feedback
• You get 3 bonus submissions per project counted
  automatically after the first submission in a day
• Feedback to your email
• This is not a debug tool You must test your
  code for different cases yourself before
  submitting.
• Feedback often will not be detailed enough for
  you to debug
• (Demo)
• Info will be on course website soon

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Windows/Linux

• Prefer linux
• Eclipse / gdb

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Next class/discussion

• Next class is on C
• Use the resource in course website for C intro
• First HW will be on pointers
• Next discussion will talk about pointers, C
  related topics