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I have a question about 13 kernel bare bones

Open zielony12 opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

is this really a kernel or just a 2nd stage bootloader? It's in binary format.

zielony12 avatar Jun 21 '23 10:06 zielony12

The MS-DOS kernel was in binary format

firestar4204 avatar Jun 21 '23 14:06 firestar4204

Depending on how far you want your operating system to go, it can be either. If you want your OS to be a simple pet project to learn about how the x86 CPU works, it will be an operating system. If you want a full UNIX up and running, it is probably best to make it a second stage bootloader that recognizes a file system.

epic-coder-64 avatar Jun 26 '23 13:06 epic-coder-64