writing my own OS.....where to start from??

[N0P]

Originally Posted by ssnui

You would go crazy if you try to read the source of Linux, or BSD. It will take you couple months just to understand the low level code. Why not try to start with this books "linux kernel internal", then move up from there. I also have a book "Writing 32-bit OS" from Sams which have all the source in there too. PM me if you want the source.

Well, i haven't enough money to buy such bookz and stealing iznt good way ... when i started to lernt something about how o.s. works around year 1996.. there was not such books ... Btw>
thiz source code iz well documented and you shuldn't read whole source ;o)) ..

Sorry for my English ,iam only human ;o))

The best OS's I've seen for beginners are SteveOS and JeffOS...both are really easy c code on setting up the IDT, keyboard handlers, basic memory management/paging.

For something more serious, I really love ReactOS (I'm a developper in the team). It's an open-source clone of Windows NT and I'm sure in a couple of years will run more then 80% of Windows apps. The whole kernel is really enlightening to look at, and it works basically just like NT's.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu
http://www.relsoft.net

This is the "write your own Operating System" OS-FAQ.
/http://mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/

[nulli]

I must say that you are going on an adventure you'll never forget (if you stick to the path and dont run and hide.. Writing your own OS is a challenge for most people. Have fun and dont bang your head against the keyboard to much.

Here are some links from me (warning some assembly needed )
hxxp://www.dynatos.org/
hxxp://board.win32asmcommunity.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=34