The tutorial for today solves the problem of creating an ISO image.
This image can be run and test with QEMU tool emulator like any ISO CDROM image.
You can build your kernel with any assembler and use this steps to test it.
I used the FASM assembly tool. Into my
fasm folder I create these folders:
[mythcat@desk fasm]$ mkdir -p iso/boot/grub
You need a stage2 file known like:
stage2_eltorito.
This file uses the El Torito is a specification for bootable CD using BIOS functions.
The GRUB supports the no emulation mode in the El Torito specification.
El Torito file booting begins by the Boot Record of the ISO 9660 filesystem at block address 0x11.
You can get this file from your Linux distro of you can find installed into old GRUB.
Put this file into grub folder:
[mythcat@desk fasm] cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito iso/boot/grub/
Use
fasm tool with your kernel and use this commands to create the ISO file:
[mythcat@desk fasm]$ ./fasm kernel.asm
flat assembler version 1.73.04 (16384 kilobytes memory)
2 passes, 16756 bytes.
[mythcat@desk fasm]$ cp kernel.o iso/boot/kernel.k
[mythcat@desk fasm]$ cat > iso/boot/grub/menu.lst << EOF
> default 0
> timeout 1
> title fasm multiboot
> kernel /boot/kernel.k
> EOF
[mythcat@desk fasm]$ genisoimage -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4
-boot-info-table -o mykernel.iso iso
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 920
Total directory bytes: 4096
Path table size(bytes): 34
Max brk space used 24000
241 extents written (0 MB)
Now you can test the result:
[mythcat@desk fasm]$ qemu-system-i386 -cdrom mykernel.iso
This is result of my kernel:
