From: Introduction

This posting consists of answers to many of the questions most
frequently asked and summaries of the topics most frequently covered
on comp.os.research, the Usenet operating systems research discussion
group.  The purpose of this posting is to circulate existing
information, and to avoid rehashing old topics of discussion and
questions.  Please read all parts of this document before posting to
this newsgroup.

This newsgroup is moderated; the moderator is Darrell Long
<darrell@cse.ucsc.edu>.  A companion posting to the FAQs, `Welcome
to comp.os.research', briefly covers the moderation policy and
guidelines for posting to comp.os.research.  It can be found in either
comp.os.research or news.answers, and is posted regularly.

Due to its size, the FAQ is split up into three parts; each is posted
once a month.  The welcome posting is posted fortnightly.  The FAQ is
also available in hypertext form on the World-Wide Web, at
<URL:http://www.serpentine.com/~bos/os-faq>.  You may prefer to browse
the FAQ on the Web rather than on Usenet, as it contains many useful
hyperlinks.

Note: chunks of text of the form [92-02-12-21-20.29] indicate the
original posting from which a section of this article was inspired,
snarfed, or just plain copied wholesale.  The FAQ as available on the
Web has hyperlinks to the relevant articles.  Other chunks in square
brackets are comments and reminders to myself.  These latter sections
of text will be removed as appropriate material is added, but the
attributions will remain.