Computer Operating Systems

1.   Hand back/review Ch. 6 quizzes

2. Discuss Chapter 8 (hard disk) concepts:

     See Day 31 Agenda on Storage Size Limitations

   Vocabulary for this section of the chapter:

IDE, EIDE, ATAPI, ATA, ATA-2, ATA-3, Ultra-ATA, Ultra DMA/33,
Ultra ATA/66, Ultra DMA/66, Ultra ATA/100, Ultra ATA/133

Primary & Secondary IDE channel, Master/Slave, SCSI, IEEE 1394, low-level formatting, high-level formatting, heads, cylinders, sectors per track, CHS (or normal mode), Extended CHS Mode, LBA (logical block addressing).

3. Review Hard Disk Partitioning and Formatting

4. Chapter 8 Review Team Contest

5. Check vocabulary homework, Meyers Lab 5.2 and Day 29 and Day 30 fill-ins.

6. Lab Work

   Fill in as many hard disk benchmarks as you can from the DOS
   version of the AIDA diagnostic program (See Day 31 Agenda)

   Do Meyers Labs 8.2 and 8.3 using a second physical hard drive             

Homework

Study for midterm, next week on Thursday, next week.

Work on research projects

Read A+ in Depth Chapter 10, study (and attempt to answer)
questions 1-17 on p. 449-451

Finish reading A+ in Depth Chapter 8, and prepare for
Team Contest on Chapter questions (p.348-351)

See also Digital Concern IDE Drives page for useful information.