Re: Bootloader & Kernel(C)

"steward110" <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:249ca49d0267a229106ae139b992e4b8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I want to make a Floppy disk that at sector 0 is Bootloader and at
sector
> 1 is a kernel in c Language.My kernel is DMIDecode.is there any way to
do
> that.
> if anyone has the Dmidecode source code in assembly please share that.(U
> Know i want to get Smbios table but i dont have assembly source)
>
> My question is that how can i make this boot disk?

Lot's of work.  Basically, you're recreating an OS just to run a dedicated
application:

  1) bootloader to load a small OS
  2) minimal OS to provide the OS functionality DMIDecode requires to
execute which is not part of the C libraries
  3) statically compiled version of DMIDecode so it will run without
needint
to load C libraries

(You're actually recreating two OSes since the bootloader is a specialized
OS itself...)

> My question is that how can i make this boot disk?

It's probably easier to setup a bootable DOS disk (perhaps using FreeDOS)
with DMIDecode compiled for DOS using DJGPP or OpenWatcom.  Hopefully,
DMIDecode compiles for DOS now...  But, if not, both Robert Riebisch and I
have compiled it for DOS.  I found one post of mine with DOS patches:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.msdos.programmer/msg/f89497f950d627cb

[in a different message]
> No one can help me?

If you insist on the DMIDecode as kernel idea, try this newsgroup:
alt.os.development.

If you just want DMI or SMBIOS tables using assembly (still need an OS:
DOS,
Linux, Windows), try here (comp.lang.asm.x86) or alt.lang.asm.


Rod Pemberton