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Bootloader

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2002 12:13 am
by Whatever5k
Hi,
I want to code my own bootloader. Do I have to code the kernel in C and the bootloader in asm, and then link it to ONE file? Or is the bootloader a seperate file?

Re: Bootloader

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2002 3:15 am
by df
whats wrong with grub? just use that instead of wasting your time.

Re: Bootloader

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2002 9:50 pm
by K.J.
If you're still interested in making your own, check out John Fine's bootsectors:

http://www.execpc.com/~geezer/johnfine/index.htm

Do I have to code the kernel in C and the bootloader in asm, and then link it to ONE file? Or is the bootloader a seperate file?

The bootloader(auctally I think you mean bootsector) is a seperate file that is copied to the first sector of a floppy(under Windows with something like John Fine's PartCopy, under Linux with the if commad).

K.J.