DFOS - Daniel Faulkner Operating System
This is aimed to be a simple test Operating System project which conforms to normal conventional methods.
DFOS is mostly for educational purposes only, I hope to learn about Operating Systems by making a simple one. (See DF-DOS for the super simple real mode OS project)
Installation I have yet to make the Operating System let alone talk about installing it.
It will be designed for a floppy disk so any Operating System on the hard drive should be safe and left un affected.
To boot DFOS just insert the DFOS floppy into your floppy drive just before booting up and assuming the floppy is the primary boot device DFOS should start to load.
I hope to when I have more of DFOS made, put together a simple install program instead of using a set of manual instructions like most amature OS's.
Technical This will be a protected mode Operating System. Using a FAT12 filesystem.
Hardware requirements:
x86 CPU, 386 or better (Most modern processors, AMD and Intel mostly make x86 type processors)
The chances are you have an x86 processor if you are using a PC/Laptop. (If you use Microsoft more so)
Colour VGA recommended (Other types may be supported but what types as yet unknown)
3.5inch 1.44mb Floppy Drive Essential as the OS will be designed to run off a floppy disk initally.
Downloads Non currently available
Current Status Researching and making a decent pmode bootloader.
This page has only just started so the content is still slightly sparse.
Please check DFTECH's projects page for more information on DFOS.