AKernelLoader (AKeL) is a project open source without much ambition,to develop a bootloader single or multi-boot, everything depends on the participation of developers. I use the GPL because it more independence to developers.Can be an opportunity for those who are doing their first operating system kernel have a simple bootloader to start. All participation is welcome, if you have any comments or suggestions on the current code, please send email to akaloaderadmin@gmail.com .You can see my site here.
Briefly, a bootloader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring control to the operating system kernel. The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the operating system.
AKeL coded with C language and GNU assembly.
Akernelloader includes a small program to write in the mbr.
- Disk
- USB Flash Drive
- FAT32
- ext2
- ext3
- ELF ( Executable and Linkable Format ).
- Binary or Raw.
- With standard multiboot header.
- Linux.
To install and use you should read the file "install" included in the source code.
Before testing on a real computer we tested on an emulator pc.
- stability: GOOD
- functionality: OK
- stability: GOOD
- functionality: OK
You can see here the source code of the bootloader Akernelloader.
Very good for testing your OS on usb ... Look OSDev.org
