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http://developer.intel.com/ - Search for Manuals http://www.x86.org http://www.sandpile.org Do not rejoice that ur code works. it might be a special case of an error :-(

http://www.angelfire.com/myband/unix/os.htm Do not rejoice that ur code works. it might be a special case of an error :-(

I hope ur problem arises because of 2 OSes.If u read and write via 1 OS, then caching should not be a problem. But since u r write for One OS and read from Other, the problem persists. Try to do both reads and writes via a single OS. Thats the solution. Otherwise, probablu u may need to...

Guys, Any1 aware of good web-sites for learning powerPC architecture and assembly lanugage progamming. Thanx in advance sarnath Do not rejoice that ur code works. it might be a special case of an error :-(

Hey, Just compile "C" code (statically along with library ). Link it using LD as a "BINARY' and relocate the code address( say 0x1000 ) appropriartely.. Now load ur C code into the empty 8086 machine at address 0x1000. Note: u need to initialize segment registers as...

I honour ur views but i dont agree with them. Fine, All the best for ur OS adventures. ciao Sarnath Do not rejoice that ur code works. it might be a special case of an error :-(

Hey AMKG, This is really interesting.. It is like "Monkey -> Man" and then "Man -> Monkey". Appln programs can't be expected to be innocent. If u release an OS with appln having more responsibilities, i agree everything would be fast.. But how about security...

That simply means that u haven't coded properly. Do not rejoice that ur code works. it might be a special case of an error :-(

Ekanth, I fear u have mis-understood PM address genereation Its is not like seg-offset addressing. I'll put it crisply. 1. I dont find a LGDT instruction in ur code. Thats the first problem. ( If u r using MASM in DOS, then u need to explicitly use a .386p directive. otherwise MASM wont...

Ok sir! Do not rejoice that ur code works. it might be a special case of an error :-(

Hey ekaanth, Try doing ur kernel as an ELF image. I m not sure how complicated loading would be then. But When u r an ELF, u will have lot of advantages like, u can make Page-level protection for ur code, and RODATA (read-only data) etc.. (trapping of bugs in kernel code can b done in early...

Ekaanth, Compiler ur C code into Binary. U can use gcc/ld which would be a very powerful tool to do all such work. Ur Entry Point in the "C" code should know about certain things. For exp, it might need to asssume that PM and paging are already setup. Ur memory map during bootup...

Hi Ekaanth, ( Tamilian ?? ) Writing a PM boot strap should b cool yaar. Let ur BootSector load 3 sectors at a time into real memory, then switch to PM swapout the memory into wherever u wanna ur kernel to load and then return back and continue with it.. If u want a code to beleive it, u...

Hey , DOnt take peter abbel.. Its not for beginners, altho he may claim so.. I think u can study a book on assemblers..( Leyland Beck's system software book.) and then get on to PeterNorton. Else Take "Art of assembly" => Thats the most fantastic i had ever seen Do not...

An OS standard ?!?! Have u ever tried reading the POSIX ? If u dont have protection in place, any APP program can crash ur kernel. Whats the fun in doing such a kernel ? I dont really understand that part. Is it intended to be a RT-OS ? I think probably u need to read a OS text book. Jus...