KinXOS

An experimental attempt at making a tiny operating system. The majority of the OS was developed using resources at:

• OS-Dev.org
• BrokenThorn Entertainment
• OS Dever

Programming Languages Used

• Nasm
• C

Kernel Wish List and TODO:

Create a ext2 filesystem with typical directories

• Create drivers (or kernel functions) to make files, directories, etc.
• Create directories
• Install GRUB
• Get memory usage

Create a means of allocating ram

• Memory Management System
• Malloc, Dealloc, Realloc, Callac
• Ram usage

Create a system that can read the CPU Usage

• a program like Linux 'top'

KinSHELL

• make an evironment variable system so programs can access their arguments from there.
• allow KinDos to execute programs that are externel to Kernel.
• Add in Shell Scripting abilities.

Create fully functioning DATE program.

• Can request CMOS date and time
• display it in proper format

Create a means of executing sound.

• A system beep sound.
• Play music (WAV, mp2, mp3)

Integrate USB drivers

• EXT2 and FAT32 Filesystems

Create a means of networking

• TCP/IP
• WebSockets

Version

0.5.0

Running KinX OS

• Install QEMU
• Clone/Download Repo

cd KinXOS
make
qemu -fda KinXOS.img

if qemu is not available you can use qemu-system-i386 instead.

• Once in qemu, a grub prompt will appear.
• Currently, to load the kernel do the following:

grub> root (fd0)
grub> kernel 200+100
grub> boot

cd KinXOS
make
qemu -fda KinXOS.img

• After the splash screen you will be dumped into the KinShell.
• Type "help" to see the command you can run...
• yes, those are the only ones...
• I am still working on it.

License

MIT