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18 // i make computer do thing

[mingus @0xf4ebfd]

@NEOAethyr @sudox7 ?? why would you need self modifying for this?
the BIOS almost always loads you at 7c00h

[mingus @0xf4ebfd]

I do a lot of verbose logging; the next step is to get an AHCI read sector driver. once I do that I will need to completely overhaul my int 0x13 handler because both dos and syslinux shit themselves

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we're getting somewhere.... the ahci/sata driver is a work in progress

[Logic Destroyer @splinedrive]

This is exactly why we need more open source silicon. More transparency, more open PDKs, more people able to build and verify their own chips.

We need to democratize chip design.

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ms-dos kinda boots on my firmware??? sorta??? idfk?? it's close enough

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it is so damn hard to find documentation for this chipset omg ;(

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BIOS interrupts! hooray!

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@oops4041555 gentoo?

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my x86 firmware can now boot from hard disk (took 3d)

next steps are actually setting up interrupts so i can do stuff. then i'll do more setup like being able to boot off floppy and then i'll do other boot stuff (ACPI, BIOS32, E820, more interrupts, etc)

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born to run windows 11

forced to ./configure && make && sudo make install

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what if brainfuck compiler emitted simd ? ???

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its probably possible to daily drive a *BSD for uni...

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wonder how hard it is to write an NTP server
the NTP client spec is pretty easy to understand i think

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@tuvati mageia button ->

[mingus @0xf4ebfd]

I havent posted in a bit because ive been busy; more stuff to come later i promise 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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@leppycolon3 have you looked into tcc?

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crux has that "non-rolling release source-based" thing but it doesn't have use flags (unless i manually modify the pkgmk.conf)

i might also check out kiss linux. (i just noticed there's no wikipedia article on it!!)

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ngl my dream distro would be a non-rolling release source-based distro like gentoo. like if i had gentoo's emerge/portage/USE flags but at the same time a non-rolling release package schedule i think that would be cool

maybe that exists? idk?

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i use debian (on my desktop) rn and its moderately stable for what i need it for. theres no real like actual need for me to hop off debian but ive heard nix is good and ive wanted to try it

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i think i want to try nixos