try-os

How would you know if you don't try?

DESCRIPTION

Guidance credits goes to CodePulse. This is a 'from-scratch' xv6 bootloader that basically does 3 things:

• Checks cpuid for cpu architecture.
• Checks long mode
• Boots the system
• Initializes page table
• Enables paging
• Allocates stack
• Prints a few characters onto the screen

INSTALL AND USE

Prerequisites

• Have docker installed
• Have QEMU installed
• A decent IDE for development please

Enter the docker env

• Build the docker image using sudo docker build buildenv -t try-os (first time only)
• Enter the environment using
  • Linux/Unix/Mac: sudo docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/root/env try-os
  • Make the ISO File: make build-x86_64
• After Exiting the environment
  • Boot into qemu: qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom dist/x86_64/kernel.iso