Order (or just read more about) Unix Internals- A Practical Approach from
Amazon.com
October 1998
This was an exciting find. You wouldn't know it from the title, or from the listing at Amazon, but this is actually and specifically SCO OSR5 internals!
I've only begun to read this, but I already know it is going to be one of my favorites. There's even a section on crash, and since the author (Steve Pate) is a Senior Kernel Engineer at SCO, the examples are useful and relevant for OSR5 systems.
You'll need some background to be as overjoyed as I am about this book. I would guess you'd need at least a read-only capability with C, and it wouldn't hurt to have a good understanding of x86 protected mode processors.
The back jacket says that Steve's main interests include file
systems and memory management. I might hope that he has some other
interests for the sake of his social life, but I'm sure happy to
find a SCO specific book written by someone with such
interests!
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