Research Topics
A. Research the size of operating system software by finding the amount of secondary storage (disk) space required by different versions of the same operating system or different operating systems. if their sizes are substantially different, explain why that may be the case, such as platform issues, features, etc. Cite your sources.
Answers :
Win 3.1 ~15MB, although it requires at least MS-DOS 6.22 to boot, so tack on another few megs.
Win 95 b ~80MB
Win 98 SE ~300MB
Win 2000 Pro ~720MB with no service packs. After SP4, it's around 1GB.
Win XP Pro, ~1.2GB with SP2.
Suse 9.2
Slackware 10.1
Ubuntu
Linspire 4.5
Mandriva 10.1
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=397609
Exercises
1. Explain in your own words why file deallocation is important and what would happen if it did not occur on a regular basis.
2. Describe how the File Manager allocates a file to a single user. List steps that you think would be followed and explain your reasoning.
3. Is device independence important to the file manager ? Why or why not ? Describe the consequences if that were not the case.
4. Do you think file retrieval is different on a menu-driven system and a command-driven system? Explain your answer and describe any differences between two . Give an example of when each would be preferred over the other.
5. Imagine one real-life example of each: multi- file volume and multi-volume file. Include a description of the media used for storage and a general description of the data in the file.
