Thanks in advance!
Where to begin?
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Snip3rM00n
Where to begin?
Ok, forgive me, I admit that I'm a "newbie" when it comes to OS design, so bear with me. I've been researching on the internet for quite some time, however, most of the sources I have found are about Linux development or UNIX based OSes. However, I'm wanting to write my own from scratch; from the bootloader to the GUI and everything in between. So I'm just wondering where I begin? Also, I'm wondering if any of you have any good links to information and tutorial pages on building an OS from scratch?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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Abolo
Re:Where to begin?
Well I only began about a week or two ago. I did not write a boot loader (I just used grub 
), but I found http://www.osdever.net/bkerndev/index.php?the_id=90 a great start.
I also found the materials on this server very good in its os section,
http://www.osdev.org/osfaq2/
), but I found http://www.osdever.net/bkerndev/index.php?the_id=90 a great start.I also found the materials on this server very good in its os section,
http://www.osdev.org/osfaq2/
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Re:Where to begin?
Well, you will find most of the information you need about the PC hardware on OSRC and BonaFide (see the QuickLinkz), and in the Intel Manuals. There are plenty of things to implement before you can get something that looks like an OS and plenty of things to understand before you can implement those things.
In what order you'll do steps will primarily depend on your own motivations. Yet, being able to "split" problems into sub problems by the mean of clearly defined interfaces will probably be the key to success ...
and speaking of "clear interfaces", i suggest you take the time to have a look at GRUB and multiboot: it will give you an overview of state-of-the-art bootloader and what a kernel might expect to be running properly. It will also allow you to be working on the kernel proper even before the bootloader is done (and yes, getting started by writing a bootloader could be taking you monthes only to have "Hello World" printed in the 32-bit environment you'll like to have later).
Make sure you have a PC emulator up and running (preferably bochs with integrated debugger): that will be of invaluable help.
In what order you'll do steps will primarily depend on your own motivations. Yet, being able to "split" problems into sub problems by the mean of clearly defined interfaces will probably be the key to success ...
and speaking of "clear interfaces", i suggest you take the time to have a look at GRUB and multiboot: it will give you an overview of state-of-the-art bootloader and what a kernel might expect to be running properly. It will also allow you to be working on the kernel proper even before the bootloader is done (and yes, getting started by writing a bootloader could be taking you monthes only to have "Hello World" printed in the 32-bit environment you'll like to have later).
Make sure you have a PC emulator up and running (preferably bochs with integrated debugger): that will be of invaluable help.
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JAAman
Re:Where to begin?
you forgot to mention the RBIL!
[url=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html]
## ---- ----- RBIL[/url]
and of course the FAQ -- just click the MEGA-TOKYO.COM banner at the top of the page
[url=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html]
## ---- ----- RBIL[/url]
and of course the FAQ -- just click the MEGA-TOKYO.COM banner at the top of the page