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Linux Build Instructions

Prerequisites

  1. NASM

Your distribution might already include nasm package. For example, on Ubuntu it can be installed using sudo apt install nasm command. If your distribution does not provide it, it is possible to download and build it using the link above

  1. Make utiltiy

Most likely your distribution already comes with make utility. On Ubuntu it can be installed using sudo apt install make command

  1. CMake utility

Use your distribution package management system to install CMake. For example, on Debian based Linux distributons, e.g. on Ubuntu, it can be istalled using sudo apt install make command

  1. Git

Git is the preferred method of acquiring the 8088 BIOS source. The alternate method, is to download the ZIP archive from GitHub using the wget utiltiy or a web browser. On Ubuntu git can be installed using sudo apt install git command

  1. minipro software (optional)

If you have a MiniPro TL866xx series programmer, you can install Linux software for it from minipro Git repo, or find corresponding packages for your Linux distribution

  1. Clone or download and unpack 8088 BIOS source from this repository

If using Git, this can be done using git clone https://github.com/skiselev/8088_bios.git command

Building the BIOS

  • Open a terminal
  • Change current directory to the folder where 8088 BIOS was previously unpacked using cd command
  • Create a build directory and change the current directory to it, for example using mkdir -p build && cd build command
  • Run cmake .. command to create Makefiles
  • Run make to build the project. The resulting .rom and .bin files will be located in the current (build) directory

Programming the BIOS to the Flash ROM

Assuming that you have TL866xx series programmer connected to your computer, you can use minipro command to program the resulting *.rom image to the Flash ROM:

  • minipro -p <FLASH_ROM_TYPE> -w <BIOS.rom>
  • For example, assuming that SST39SF010A Flash ROM is used and Micro 8088 image is to be programmed, use: minipro -p SST39SF010A -w bios-micro8088-xtide.rom
  • Some other 128 KiB parallel Flash ROMs supported by minipro: SST29EE010, AT29C010A, WW29EE011, "AM29F010 @DIP32"