New Guy: Building a boot loader :)

[keatonvictor]

Hi everyone I have the following code for a boot loader

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; boot.asm
hang:
    jmp hang
 
    times 510-($-$$) db 0 ; 2 bytes less now
    db 0x55
    db 0xAA

and I compile it wil

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nasm boot.asm -f bin -o boot.bin

So i can compile it into a flat binary file. Now I was wondering what I do next? because I want to make an .ISO image out of my operating system (boot loader atm) and then run it with my virtual machine.

All help greatly appreciated!

Kind Regards
Keaton

[JohnnyTheDon]

For something that simple, a floppy would be easier (in the VM just use the flat binary file you created as the floppy image). If you really want to make an iso, look at the wiki. You will want to use floppy emulation, not El Torito. Please search it next time.

[Combuster]

Slight correction: Floppy/harddisk emulation is part of the el-torito standard.

Nevertheless, you should really search before posting.