OS/161

The OS/161 operating system, which runs on the Sys/161 VM. For CS 350 by Nikolai Frasser, University of Waterloo

Setup

• OS/161 Installation Guide for the student.cs computing environment
• OS/161 Installation Guide for other machines
• Working with OS/161
• Debugging OS/161 with GDB
• OS/161 and tools FAQ
• Manuals and Code
  • Browseable OS/161 source code
  • Browseable OS/161 man pages
  • The sys161 manual. This information is also available in the sys161 source code distribution.

Setting up to work on an assignment

For the root project directory, run the following commands (replace the x in ASSTx with whichever assignment you're working on).

./configure --ostree=$HOME/cs350-os161/root --toolprefix=cs350-
cd kern/conf
./config ASSTx
cd ../compile/ASSTx
bmake depend
bmake
bmake install

Build the OS/161 User-level Programs

Build the OS/161 user level utilities and test programs (from root project directory):

bmake
bmake install

Running OS/161

Navigate into the automatically-generated folder called root in the same directory as this repository. Copy the file ~/sys161/sys161.conf into this directory.

Then run

sys161 kernel-ASSTx

Replacing x with whatever assignment you're working on. Enter the q command to quit when you're finished.

Submitting Your Work and Checking Your Submission

• Overview of cs350_submit - how to submit your work and check that it will compile for marking.