CIS 225

Lecture 4: OS Architecture & Installation

Operating Systems

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Architecture

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Kernel

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OS Components

• Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • Run program
  • Manage system settings
  • Interact wtih devices
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Program Management

Windows 8 GUI

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Ubuntu 13.04 GUI

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Windows 8 Settings

Ubuntu 13.04 Settings

PowerShell

Bash Terminal

Windows Root Filesystem

Windows User Filesystem

Ubuntu Root Filesystem

Ubuntu User Filesystem

Installation

1. Partition the disk
2. Copy installation files
3. Extract & install
4. Configure basic settings
5. Reboot

VMWare Workstation

Drivers

Reading

• Windows 8 - Chapter 2
• Ubuntu 14.04 - Chapter 9

Assignments

• Lab 1 - Hardware: Due 9/8 @
  11:30 AM About an hour ago
• Lab 2 - OS Installation & Configuration: Due 9/15 @ 11:30 AM Before Class