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I am just starting on my OS, Silver OS, and I was wondering if anybody had any tips on where to start. I am on my way to learning Assembly and C++. I am planning on a long journey, so please give any advice on where to begin my OS!
Thanks,
ertrules22

Hi,

Try starting with the wiki (link above), and www.osdever.net - loads of good tutorials and information - oh and get the free intel manuals.

Cheers,
Adam

Thanks for the help! Should I just google the Intel manuals?

ertrules22 wrote:Thanks for the help! Should I just google the Intel manuals?

You can download them from Intel's website if you look hard enough. Try typing something like "IA-32 programming" into their search engine. Alternatively you can order printed manuals from the same website.

So, after the tutorials, where should I start as far as coding goes. Do you have any suggestions as far as tools and such?

You need a compiler, an editor, a linker...etc.

You also should get a virtual machine program such as bochs, qemu, or VMware (I use vmware). Also if you have another computer then you can use that to test your OS (this is what I did). That is useful because sometimes the results on a virtual machine are different then on a real machine.

Good Luck!!

If you want to test on a real machine either us dd or rawwrite. Here is the link to the Intel Manuals

Good luck on your journey,
--t0xic

Hey, thanks a million! I will let you know when I begin (after I complete my assembly and C++ studies > ) Hopefully I will finish (the OS v 1.0) by the time I am done with high school at least! any other help will be greatly appreciated and used!

I have another question. It might sound dumb, but, what exactly do you start an OS with? Like codewise. How do you start one out, so it starts up on boot, and runs on the computer? Also, when I develop my OS into a final, working stage, how can I, or other people, develop software for the OS? Please, once again, any help will be greatly appreciated, and I don't want to sound dumb, but I am new to this.
Thanks,
ertrules22

I've decided to base my OS on DOS, any further suggestions? I decided to start simple and learn the basics before advancing further

I've decided to base my OS on DOS, any further suggestions? I decided to start simple and learn the basics before advancing further

scratch the DOS. I want it to look like DOS, simple GUI, probably w/out mouse. But I want it to run better then DOS, and have multi-tasking and the such. So, now does anyone have suggestions on good bootloaders, or mem manager that I can use/edit/improve/all of the above.

i wouls recommend poking through MikeOS at mikeos.sourceforge.net to see how things are done =)

i wouls recommend poking through MikeOS at mikeos.sourceforge.net to see how things are done =)

I would use GRUB as a bootloader or something like the bootloader attached:

--Michael

Maybe I am doing something wrong, but all of the boot managers or virtual emulators (qemu, etc.) will not work for me. Probably a user error, but could someone point me in the right direction?