[bootloader] Forum Topics

I have written a bootloader in ASM (I can post code if you like) and I plan to write a kernel in C /c++ because I don't want to have to deal with a Kernel written ENTIRELY in ASM. Is there any way (Got to keep this under or at …

Help! I don't know what I did! I was in the process of helping to fix a friends HDD by plugging it into my system to then chkdsk, get updates, etc, little did I realize I left some sort of bootloader on the flash drive that I was using and …

I installed windows 10 and it works good , then I installed kali-linux and that problem apears. when i open my computer it goes directly to windows not to dual boot (bootloader) to choose between the windows and kali .. I tried the live USB solution but nothing happen.. it …

Hi there, I have a machine with 2 harddrives. One has Windows 7 installed and the other has Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed. Since my Win8 is my primary, it starts up into windows 8 without even showing the bootloader. Is there a way for me to go add the …

Hey guys, i'm trying to compile this piece of code with nasm in Ubuntu. It's a boot loader for a simple operational system i'm doing as a university project. [CODE][BITS 16] ; 16 bit instructions [ORG 0x7C00] jmp word load db "ONYXDISK" ; OEM Label String dw 512 ; Bytes …

Earlier when I came here I had only a minimal set of utilities and a WinXP comp.. Now i'm here and serious, with kubuntu (and Internet!!!!) and willing to learn all of that dd, mov, eax, and bochs stuff. Here is my delemia: I have a C++ Program, have no …

Hi guys :D I have a windows 7 touchscreen tablet and I would like an ubuntu partition. The issue is that the bootloader that comes with windows 7 doesn't support touchscreen input so i will not be able to select which OS to boot into. I understand that the windows …

I have just completed my first program in c++.I am an ultra newbie,have only been doing c& c++ for 12 days,so please forgive me if my program is shit.Anyways i would like the experts on this forum to evaluate my work and give me tips and hints to make myself …

hi. i have 500gb HDD, first i install window 7(64-bit) then after fedora14 on separate partition using Fedora-14-i686-Live-Desktop cd. so when my laptop is booting it shows a boot screen with two option, fedora OS(as default) and win7 as other.After 3 second, Fedora is automatically starting. I just want to …

So, I recently got an MBR virus and after (and partially during) removal I began to get frequent BSOD's and freezes (as in, no debug info simply stop doing any operation), and those BSOD's didn't provide any useful debug information (no message in all caps such as "IRQL NOT LESS …

Did not load driver... Did not load driver.... Did not load driver.... I'M SICK OF IT!!! Here's the story: I'm running XP/Service Pack 3 - Things were running mildly quirky, so I decided to re-install Windows... No big deal, I booted up from the Windows Disk and ran the 'repair …

Hi everyone, I'm creating my own OS from scratch, and I'm first producing an installation CD so that I can easily install my kernel on a hard drive. So far, I've written a CD-based bootstrap loader in NASM that finds a program within the root directory of the CD, loads …

Over the past few days I have been writing a bootloader/kernel in NASM... It loads perfectly fine when I write it to a virtual floppy using PARTCOPY, and then boot to it from Oracle VM VirtualBox. However, when I write it to a physical floppy and try to boot to …

Ok so i have this floppy image that just prints a message now the problem that i am running into is that i have to jump to memory location 0x1000 and then jump back to the original place but have no clue how to do it this is what mbr …

Hi everyone, I'm looking to tinker with developing an OS from scratch, but the only machine I have that's 'tinkerable' (i.e. that I don't have important work or anything on) is my PS3 (not the slim version, so I can install "Other OS"). I've seen an example on the net …

Hi! I've started to write my kernel in assembly but I think its far too complicated! Instead I would like to try to write it in C/C++. I'm new to these languages but i've written alot in VB and C# so I don't think it's going to be too hard …