Operating System Concepts

This book covers operating system services, file systems, CPU scheduling, memory management, virtual memory, disk and drum scheduling, deadlocks, concurrent processes, concurrent programming, protection, design principles, distributed systems, and a "historical perspective" on OS design--which is a fun read, since the book was published in 1982. It has a picture with a bunch of dinosaurs on the cover (irony intended?)--with names like TSS/360, OS/360, Scope, OS/MUS, VMS, CP/M, and, of course, Unix.

While doing my graduation, for the Operating Systems (OS) topics, this was by far the best learning book and then a reference. It covers a variety of topics including Memory management, task management and scheduling techniques(quite detailed). The language is very easy going and the diagrams help a lot too.Would like to get a copy now.