CS609 - System Programming Finalterm Subjective Paper(04-03-2013) 

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Q#1        In how many ways higher PC can operate?
Q#2        In FAT32, what is the size of FSInfo?
Q#3        A disk is divided into three partition. What type of information is represented in code part of partition table?
Q#4        Differences between FAT16 and FAT32
Q#5        How ISR sends EOI (End of interrupt) signals to master and slave .Required statement must be in C program
Q#6        Suppose a disk is divided into two partition and we have read MBR at LBA=0 to get information about primary partition
              a) How many bytes of code part we need to skip to get information about primary partition?
               b) How many bytes of code part we need to read information?
Q#7        Distinguish between 80287 and 80387
Q#8        Write down procedure to convert a cluster number into sector number
Q#9        Describe how a chain of cluster in FAT12 is managed?
Q#10     How a PC operates in protected mode?