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exploring the operating system

using c in making operating system needs to have a platform on which its compiler will run and so its executable file too. So now how to run the c file made in c on a bare machine without any platform. some of you suggested to go for assembly coding but how would machine understand assembly coding. it still requires a platform. this brings us to a conclusion for machine language. but the solution is not satisfactory. you please assist us. we are waiting for ur suggestions. help us . we even need asm programmers. we are all peers , no bosssss...

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a bootloader starts the os, might want to take a look at the linux kernel

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a bootloader starts the os, might want to take a look at the linux kernel


Isn't the bootloader apart of the physical computer? I read that it's "firmware" which comes with the computer.

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bootloader is traditionally a piece of software

this should help you out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting

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