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@@ -1,32 +1,44 @@ Welcome ! It seems you are intrested in my Melon OS... -** HOW TO BUILD MELON : ** -This is supposed to work in a Linux environment. Maybee it could work on *BSD, or Cygwin, but that wasn't tested. + DISCLAIMER : +============ + +This software is HIGHLY UNTESTED, and will probably have UNEXPECTED EFFECTS on any hardware you run it on. +I will not be held responsible for any damage caused by this software. + + + HOW TO BUILD MELON : +==================== + +This is supposed to work in a Linux environment. Maybee it could work on *BSD, or Cygwin, but that hasn't been tested. You need : +- Git for cloning the repository - GCC - Nasm - Qemu or Bochs for testing (Qemu works better, debugging is planned for bochs) -If you haven't yet downloaded the source code, then commit the GIT repository : +If you haven't yet downloaded the source code, then clone the GIT repository : $ git clone git://github.com/Alexis211/Melon.git Then, rebuild everything : $ make mrproper $ make -Create the floppy image : -$ make floppy -You will probably be prompted for your password. We need it to mount the floppy image as a loopback device. - And run it with Qemu : $ make qemu OR $ make qemu-hdd -The second option boots from the HDD instead of the floppy +You will probably be prompted for your password. We need it to mount the floppy/HDD image as a loopback +device to update its contents. +The second option boots from the HDD instead of the floppy. + + + HOW TO CONFIGURE THE GRUB ENTRIES : +=================================== -** HOW TO CONFIGURE THE GRUB ENTRIES : ** -If you want to change the entries that appear when you `make qemu`, then edit the Grub-menu.cfg and `make floppy` again. +If you want to change the entries that appear when you `make qemu`, then edit the Grub-menu-fdd.cfg or +Grub-menu-hdd.cfg, then re-run `make qemu` or `make qemu-hdd`. The options for the kernel command line are the following : - vesa:[disabled|enabled] enables or disables the VESA driver (hangs on Bochs when enabled) @@ -35,8 +47,4 @@ The options for the kernel command line are the following : - init:<init_app> select the init application to run. empty string = go to kernel shell. default is /System/Applications/PaperWork.app -** About HDD.img ** -This file is not used yet, although it is attached to the qemu and bochs VMs. -Its content can be updated with `make hdd`, the file copying happens in CopyToHDD.sh. -For the moment, we use a boot floppy for loading the kernel as the floppy is the only thing the kernel can read for now, -but we could as well use the GRUB that is installed on HDD.img. +You also can edit those entries when booting by pressing 'e'. That will launch GRUB's editor. |