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From: "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm>
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Subject: Re: Help w/ New OS: SGOS
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 23:35:13 -0400
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:49:15 -0400, Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> Basically, I am looking on how to create a boot sector, communicate
> with the BIOS, handle RAM (in 386 V86 mode) and create a file system.
> These should give me a starting position.

These two are the easier of the four:
-communicate with BIOS
-boot sector

These are a bit more advanced:
-handle RAM
-V86 mode

This can be much less complex if using BIOS
or far more complex, if programming IDE or SATA
hardware directly:
-create a file system


If you're using DOS, you can learn how to call the
BIOS using DOS .com's.  Otherwise, if using Linux
or Windows, you'll have to create a bootsector to
call the BIOS directly, or you'll have to use an
emulator, e.g., Bochs, QEMU, VMware, dosemu, etc
to execute the .com.

Which assembler or compiler are you considering?


Rod Pemberton