Online book about how to write a computer operating system in C/C++ from scratch.
Caution: This repository is a remake of an old computing course. It was written several years ago as one of my first projects when I was in high school. I am still refactoring parts as the original course was in French and I am not an native English speaker. I will improve this course whenever possible.
Book: An online version is available at http://samypesse.gitbooks.io/how-to-create-an-operating-system/ (PDF, Mobi and ePub). It was generated using GitBook.
Source Code: All system source code will be stored in the src directory. Each step will contain links to the relevant files.
Contributions: This course is open to contributions, feel free to signal errors with issues or directly correct the errors with pull-requests.
Questions: Feel free to ask any questions by adding issues or commenting sections.
You can follow me on Twitter @SamyPesse or GitHub.
The goal is to build a UNIX-based operating system in C++, not just a "proof-of-concept". The OS should be able to boot, start a userland shell, and be extensible.
