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 - The slides OSD.5.pdf have been posted in the course directory.
+===== February 9, 2009 =====
+- See FAQs for clarification about the scope of the project.
+===== February 11, 2009 =====
+COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 17:30-19:00.
+   Test 2 will include:
+   (a) Material covered in the lectures, with emphasis on material
+       covered in the lectures since Test 1 and up to and including
+       the lecture on Wednesday February 11;
+   (b) Material in the slides 65-end of OSD.4.pdf, OSD.4.1.pdf,
+       OSD.5.pdf, OSD.6.pdf in the course directory;
+   (c) Material in Chapter 13 of the book "Operating
+       System Concepts", 7th Ed;
+   (d) Material in Chapter 18 of the book
+       "Understanding the Linux Kernel", 3rd Edition.
+   (Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the
+   slides in the above mentioned files, as some of the slides may have
+   been updated since you last downloaded them.)
+   It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions,
+   questions that require short answers, questions that require
+   calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams,
+   questions that require writing short programs using pseudo C code
+   similar to that used in the slides, questions that require
+   slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats.
+   MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES.
+   ALSO NOTE THAT DRAWING THE SAME KIND OF DIAGRAMS AS
+   ILLUSTRATED IN THE SLIDES, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TEST 2.
+===== February 16, 2009 =====
+Monday February 16 is a public holiday (Family Day) - no class
+===== March 11, 2009 =====
+The unofficial grades for CSE4221 Fall 2008 have been posted in the infoFile in the course directory.