If I Were To Create A Operating System, Where Can I Get Started ?

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I have a holiday break for 4 weeks and i wanted to do something creative. I have learnt C,C++ and i wanted to create an OS in c++what kind of resources should i read before actually starting my work? Can anyone please suggest me something. I am really curious and i want to make this happen. Thanks.

Posted 3-Dec-14 5:39am

Surajit Das

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 3-Dec-14 14:10pm

What exactly do you want to achieve in 4 weeks? It's possible that you really need to develop some sense of feasibility and judgment, which can be done on much simpler projects...
—SA

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PIEBALDconsult · Answer 1 · 2014-12-03T05:44:00

Solution 1

Develop Your Own Operating System in C# or VB.NET[^]

Cosmos - C# Open Source Managed Operating System[^]

Posted 3-Dec-14 5:44am

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Thomas Daniels · Answer 2 · 2014-12-03T05:47:00

Solution 2

This is an interesting read: Write Your Own Operating System [FAQ][^]
You might also be interested in the code of the Linux kernel, which can be found at https://www.kernel.org/[^].

Posted 3-Dec-14 5:47am

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barneyman · Answer 3 · 2014-12-03T11:14:00

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in the late 90s, which much time on my hands, and a spring in my step, i entered my local technical bookshop and bought this book [^]

he's since published most of online

MMURTL[^]

Posted 3-Dec-14 11:14am

barneyman