Folks,

I am currently researching a project and would like to make changes to MenuetOS source code. I have built the kernel by issuing the command: fasm kernel.asm menuetos.img

Everything assembles fine (no errors). However, I don't believe that my output is complete. My .IMG file is barely 100K. Contrast that with the posted .IMG file of 1.44mb that I downloaded from the MenuetOS website. So, what step am I missing here? Thanks.

/milostea

This is only a guess, but probably the image on the website is the entire floppy disk (2880 sectors * 512 bytes/sector) e.g. created using RAWWRITE, even though most of the sectors do not contain Menuet code.

It should be fasm kernel.asm kernel.mnt and the result is just a file in the final image (the *kernel*). The image itself contains applications and images/text etc.

Thanks for the 'hints'. I figured out how to build. These are the tools: FASM, WinImage, and CDBurner XP. I also needed the boot loader code---more on this later.

Step 1) Build everything with the FASM. This includes the boot loader code.

Step 2) Run WinImage and create a project that uses 1.44mb format. Basically add the folders that make up the kernel, drivers, apps. Modify the "Boot Sector Properties" and change its format by clicking on "Open..."; select the boot loader's code.

Step 3) Save the project as an image (.IMA) format.

Step 4) Run CDBurner XP and create a DATA project. Click on the "Boot Options" and tell it that you are making a bootable disk. Select the .IMA file that you created in step 3.

Step 5) Burn the image to a CD. Now you have a bootable CD for your OS.