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Here is a zip that contains EVERYTHING you need to write, compile, link, and debug you're kernel. It produces a floppy image that can be tested with other emulators and even wrote to a actualy floppy disk and tested in a REAL computer. Its that SIMPLE. You no longer have to bug other people just to give you the help you need to get past the hard stuff when starting on a KERNEL. Now, you can jump right in and have FUN!
When you extract the zip to RUN the kernel in bochs double-click the bochs.bat. To run the kernel in bochsdbg mode double-click the bochsdbg.bat. To edit the kernel in MSVC double-click the 2ndstage.sln. To fix the kernel if you screw it up, delete the directory and reunzip!

This framework will in no way keep you from later on writting your own boot sector. There are no prewrote routines hiding in the kernel EXCEPT the ones to properly load the kernel using the prebuilt boot sector and this only take on call in the main function. Actually, there is only one prewrote function in the kernel! The project does built a floppy using a file system format called cmdf, but by the time you write youre own boot sector you can get rid of this.

YOU MUST DOWNLOAD MSVC BELOW OR HAVE IT PREINSTALLED TO USE THIS!

This package includes:
- BOCHS (The default emulator.)
- MSVC6(Convertable to EXPRESS) Solution and Project Files.
- A prebuilt BOOT SECTOR.
- A basic kernel with no features. It is completely BARE bones!

You may download MSVC EXPRESS from Microsoft at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx
You may download the zip that contains the development bare bones kernel:
http://mcguire.sytes.net:8080/ (This link can be broken at times - try it anyway - it will work)

kmcguire3413@hotmail.com