Question

i want to write a bootloader, can anyone guide me ?

Answer 1

I found this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/tips/boot-loader.aspx#_Toc231383173
I think it's a great beginning, and something I will definitely look into it, as my future plan is to develop a text-only OS :-)

Answer 2

bmp- a text-only OS in Linux? Would this be a desktop OS or a server?

Answer 3

At first, I was thinking of a minimalist desktop, just for personal use. It would have a IRC client, text editor, a reader that could open doc/docx and postscript (kinda like Antiword), and maybe a text-only browser. Then I realized I could try my hand at designing a "closed" server, so to speak, so that our laboratory facilities at my University could interact between themselves (mainly, sharing raw CSV files, acquired from MATLAB software). I know it would be easier for me to try Arch Linux (that I failed to install due to my netbook's wireless chipset), and use SSH, SFTP, and the likes, but sometimes it's fun to reinvent the wheel :-)
Anyway, I have much to learn before getting my hands dirty, but I will start off with trying to learn more C, maybe pickup a LISP dialect, and a lot of online classes.
By the way Julie, will you join CS101, or some other Stanford's course early 2012?

Answer 4

@aporvearyan- bootloader for what? Android? Linux? Xbox?

@ bmp- You mean Arch couldn't support the chipset? I'm sure there's a distro that could. Or plug in an ethernet cable until you write one ;) Anyway if it were me, I would first install a Linux desktop distro & learn terminal. (I'm assuming you don't know it yet if you haven't got Arch installed.) Then I'd install a linux server & really understand how it functions (they're usually non GUI, just the way you like it), then maybe even join a distro development team. File some bug reports or better yet fix some bugs. But good luck- you've got big ambitions with that wheel ;) As for classes I'm not ruling anything out, but I'm not planning on anything at Stanford for now. I'm focusing on certs so I've got a sheet of paper to show potential employers.

Answer 5

@JulieNewbie Yup, it used to, but it was no longer in the repository. I will try my hand again some day with an ethernet cable.
Good advice is always refreshing to hear(or read in this case), thanks for it :-), and I am glad I was more or less on the right track: I am used to terminal, albeit I took no course about it or about a text ed (As a result, I use both vi(m) as emacs, both quite below the potential). It would be nice to learn another scripting language, such as C-Shell, but I do get the logic, and I am understanding it more and more. I used to spend a lot of time on Ubuntu / Kubuntu distros, but they don't really show the potential of Linux/UNIX, so only now I am trying my hand on different distros.
Plus, I will get a job as a web design / web maintenance, so I will be able to learn how is Linux server-side, or I hope so at least :-).

I will definitely look into joining a distro development team when I feel I am capable of it (likely only in 2013-2014), but I am trying to read more and more code from Linux source code (and some other core programs also, such as GNU coreutils).
Thanks again for the heads-up and advice; and good luck with the employers.