HaP Day – My First Operating System (2018-07-16)

Have you ever wondered how operating systems are made? Are you disappointed by the fact that college doesn't teach you how to build one from scratch?

In this HaP Day on 16 July 2018, we explored how to build an OS from bootloader to shell!

To participate, attendees needed:

• A GNU/Linux laptop with

`qemu` (emulator), `nasm` (assembler), and `gef` (debugger) installed

• Willingness to learn!
• Recommended background:
  • Assembly Intel
  • Advanced C

Started at 09:42 in:

• Laboratory 0.08 (ground floor),

Department of Computer Science — Faculty of Sciences — University of Porto Rua do Campo Alegre 1021, Porto (4169-007)

• Writing a Simple Operating System — from Scratch (Nick Blundell)
• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (Arpaci-Dusseau & Arpaci-Dusseau)
• OSDev Wiki

Produced source code is licensed under GPLv3: View license