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# klange's OS Development Repo #
I'm writing an OS because I'm bored and want a massive project to suck up the little pieces of my time for the next few years.
## Testing it Out ##
Grab `bootdisk.img` from the git repo and load it into a virtual machine. The bootdisk will start GRUB with a single menu entry to boot the kernel off of the same diskette.
Clone the git repository and run `make` and `sudo make install` (yes, the `sudo` is necessary because of how I am building my floppy image). This will build a working `bootdisk.img` that you can load with an emulator. If you have QEMU installed, you can then run `make run` to start the emulator. You should see a GRUB menu with one entry which should boot into the kernel.
For example, you can boot the disk in `qemu`:
qemu -fda bootdisk.img
Or you could set up a VirtualBox machine and load the floppy image.
My testing environment is a combination of QEMU and VirtualBox.
## Goals and Roadmap ##
Overall, the goal of this project is to write a relatively POSIX-compatible OS from the ground up. With a focus on generic hardware functionality and universal specifications like VESA, I hope to eventually get something fairly complete in terms of what an OS should be. At some times, I may focus on an actual piece of complex hardware (I am looking to write a basic driver for Intel graphics cards based on the X driver and the Mesa components), but in general, I will stick to generic interfaces.