Genius HorizonOS V0.0.5 Alpha - 4

[melgmry0101b]

Hi everyone,
Today , I would like to introduce my OS , its name is Genius HorizonOS (GHOS) .
At the first here is some screen shots :



GHOS is a closed source protected mode OS and it has many features like :

• FAT12 Read only file system for floppy. [very old, i know ]
• Multitasking.
• Genius Horizon Executable (GHX) : a new executable format designed especially for GHOS.
• The whole OS and applications are in kernel mode , so you are free to do all kernel mode instructions in your applications (for now ).
• Errors handler , but no debug data .
• Easy API for application development. [ no support for keyboard API right now ]
• minimal ACPI support.
• CTRL + Enter to return to the CLI from a hanging APP.

Requirements :

• 16 MB of RAM [17MB for VPC].
• Intel Pentium IV CPU and later, or AMD Athlon and later.
• Floppy disk.
• ACPI based PC for ACPI features.
• PS/2 Keyboard or emulated USB keyboard.

The OS was tested on Qemu, Bochs, VPC and some real hardwares (with some problems in ACPI ).

I hope you got interested in my OS ,and any feedback is appreciated.

here is a floppy disk image and a small demo APP for developers with API datasheet :

[gravaera]

In the name of the gods, Tyrion Lannister, Kanye West, and the god of AD carry mechanics Doublelift, peace be upon you too brother.

[piranha]

I tried to run it in Qemu with qemu -fda GHOS\ V0.0.5\ Alpha\ -\ 4.IMG -serial stdio -m 32 and it pagefaulted.

-JL

[melgmry0101b]

Hi piranha,
I am using this command line "in windows" and it works perfect on my side.

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qemu -fda "GHOS V0.0.5 Alpha - 4.IMG" -m 32

[piranha]

Can't seem to get it to boot past the panic screen. What version of qemu are you using?

-JL

[melgmry0101b]

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QEMU PC emulator version 0.11.1

[pcmattman]

I get a panic on boot in VMM Init on VMware Workstation 8.0.3 (the VM has 32 MB of RAM).

Attached a screenshot.

[piranha]

I'm on 1.0.1. I got it to boot up in bochs, but the first three times I tried to load the demo app it just rebooted (TF'd?). But the 4th time it worked properly, and I was unable to reproduce the reboot bug. I get the same error as pcmattman only if I make the memory size something like 4000MB.

-JL

[melgmry0101b]

Hi,
I really surprised from the results
anyway : the "VMM Init Failed" happens because that the OS can't get the BIOS Memory Map , and the restart is a triple fault.
I hope someone else test the OS to see if this error happens again or it is a special case.
[My problem now that i can't produce that bugs here for debugging]
[Note : The website in the panic screen is down ]

[neon]

Appears to work fine in VirtualBox here. Fails to shutdown the system but displays that it is safe to turn off the computer instead. No crashes.