Nanite

Very small OS that can run on X86 Hardware. Designed to run from just one 1.44MB floppy disk, ATA support coming soon! (TM)

Good luck figuring out the spagetti code i write... (sorry not sorry ;D)

Designed for older computers such as a Pentium (i586) Class Machine. I would recomend atleast a Pentium 2 Class System or higher however.

Features

Support for the GNU GRUB Bootloader
Custom Theme for GRUB (Coming Soon!)
Basic Memory Paging
Support for Floppy Disk Drives (FDDs)
Basic Serial (RS-232) Support
Keyboard Input

Note: Kernel is currently under very heavy development. All things are subject to change at any time.

Building

Run ./build.sh inside main directory of repo

To write to a disk, use ./write.sh WARNING: is hard coded to /dev/sdb (sorry i suck at scripting)

You could also run make all but the scripts a bit better tbh, it even automates starting QEMU.

Build Requirements

mtools
make
gcc (or really any C compiler)
nasm
grub

How is Testing Done

Testing is mostly done with QEMU These days, but I do sometimes pull out my Dell Latitude D610 to test on (for anyone wondering its completely maxed out. [2GB of ram Pentium M @ 2.23GHz])

Thanks!

Resources I've Used Throughout the Project

Nanobyte's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@nanobyte-dev
OSDEV Wiki: https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page
BrokenThorn: http://www.brokenthorn.com

And thanks to some of my favorite bands for some nice ass music!

King Gizzard and The Lizzard Wizzard
Nine Inch Nails
The Strokes

(and if your wondering, yes im a massive nerd about music)

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