Nanite

A Very small OS that can run on X86 Hardware.

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 however would recomend atleast a Pentium 2 Class System or higher.

Features

Support for the GNU GRUB 2 Bootloader and Multiboot V2
Custom Theme for GRUB (Not Complete Yet!)
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

make
gcc (or really any C compiler)
nasm

Only Required to Build the Image

grub2
parted

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 real hardware (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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