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Hi everyone .. i did some testing before with the babysteps bootloader on a USB and a real machine and now i want to use the VM and since i am using Ubuntu for development i think the (Virtual Box OSE) emulator is good place to start. but i can't find good tutorial on using it for OS development ... so my questions:

1- How do i copy my files ( BootLoader , OS files ) to the Virtual box ?



I have a basic idea on how to use the Microprocessor ,registers ,instruction sets but each microprocessor is different and i found a nice tool Called PIKLAB here is some screenshots of this tool http://piklab.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php and my question is :

1- can i find a X86 32 or 64 Emulator where i can see registers and trace each step of execution ?

2- is it possible to manage the new core 2 quad from intel ?




and thanks

1- How do i copy my files ( BootLoader , OS files ) to the Virtual box ?

Use a floppy or floppy image.

1- can i find a X86 32 or 64 Emulator where i can see registers and trace each step of execution ?

Bochs does this. It's a little hard to use though.

is it possible to manage the new core 2 quad from intel ?

Sure, but it's probably not easy and definitely not something you'd want to do when you're just starting.

PIKLAB is great for pic, but for x86 development it's not.

PIC architecture differs a lot from x86.

Harvard vs Von Neumman.
32 versus 8 bit platform.
Microcontroller vs Microprocessor
Memory addressing.
Etc.

Cheers,
Gonzalo

Troy Martin :

Thanks , i think i would go for Bochs then



gzaloprgm :

Thanks , I know that (PIC != X86) this is why i was looking for something i could use with the X86 Family but really thanks these was a very useful informations