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Mike

how to create PE-file bootable by GRUB? Is it possible with MSVS 2005?

Hello,

once i've found an article about the topic "how to create PE-file bootable by GRUB?".
You can find it here: http://ksrenevasan.blogspot.com/2005/10/writing-multiboot-pe-kernels-using.html.
But i don't like this way at all.....
I've written a simple PE loader for grub.
You can set the PE loader binary as kernel and include your real kernel as a module.
The PE loader initializes some basic stuff like A20, PIC, GDT, IDT...etc.
Besides that it setups a simple exception handler.
After all those basic stuff is done it setups paging and establishes some common
mappings (first 4mb will be mapped 1:1). Then it searches the boot modules
for your kernel. When it has found your kernel it will map the kernel sections and after
everything is done it will execute your kernel.
If you want i can send you my PE loader.

Bye !

I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite to develop my OS. Of course, I wrote my own bootloader and I use PE executables, so at that point it's really easy, but it's a great IDE and compiler if you know how to use it.