Thanks so much for your reply! On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 7:51 PM Danilo Pecher via Freedos-devel < freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hi Rob, > > I would start a bit more at the meta level and research how kernels > work. There are also many sites dealing with OS development (osdev is > useful search term). It is quite instructive to see the first steps > that happen after the machine boots (the boot loader mainly). Once > you've really understood that and perhaps cobbled together your own > simplistic test OS, you should be well on your way to dive into the > FreeDOS kernel source. > > Cheers, Hippo > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 01:02, robert roper via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > Is there a FreeDOS walk thru of the source code that you would consider > helpful to the uninitiated? I want to start down the road to more bare > metal coding and would love to be able to help with FreeDOS in the far > future but I'm not sure where to begin. I do know how to program in C and > have just purchased some old 8086 assembly books to start learning that but > none of them talk about operating system concepts. > > I did find a book called "FreeDOS Kernel" by Pat Villani, which sounds > perfect, except it was published in 1996. Is there anything like this that > is more current? Or do you consider that the definitive guide? > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide and apologies if I've sent this to > the wrong group. > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >
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