makefile issue relating to os development

[beyondsociety]

I'm switching my os development to linux and have created a makefile. I have created my own bootloader and want to use it instead of GRUB.

Would I assemble my own bootloader to a binary file and then copy it to the disk using dd in linux?

Or would I have to compile it to .o file and link it to elf?

[Tim]

Would I assemble my own bootloader to a binary file and then copy it to the disk using dd in linux?

Yes.

BTW: is this really a makefile issue?

[pini]

I'm using my own bootloader & I'm making it into binary
Then I'm making my kernel in binary too.
I am using this command to build a BOCHS-readable floppy disk image :

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cat boot kernel /dev/zero | dd of=fd0.img bs=512 count=2880

[beyondsociety]

BTW: is this really a makefile issue?

Sortof.

Im used to os development on windows and so I used to assemble my bootloader to binary and then copy it to a floppy disk.

Most of the people that use Linux for os development, use Grub and not thier own bootloader.

I was wondering what would be the best way to go about doing this?

[_mark]

I have a SYS command (program) I wrote that is part of the bootloader project. If you can write a bootloader you can write the software to plunk it on a disk.

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