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I don’t understand: what makes this “DOS-like”? Not even the command names match DOS, except for dir and cls, and the architecture and feature set are completely different.
Note the “guest” username in the prompt is a const, not multi-user: https://github.com/krustowski/rou2exOS/blob/6f85955dd339f09d...
Is this using a custom VGA driver from scratch in Rust??
I don’t understand: what makes this “DOS-like”? Not even the command names match DOS, except for dir and cls, and the architecture and feature set are completely different.
Ultimately, it's an eye of the beholder type thing, but it seems very fair to call it DOS-like to me. The DOS inspiration is pretty blatant all throughout it from its aesthetic, commands (more than just dir and cls is shared), booting from a 1.44 floppy, etc. And if you are coming from a primarily windows computing background, then "DOS-like" is entirely appropriate to me.
It looks like a fun project.
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Afaik there is a 'DIR' command in MS-DOS. Anyway, what would be a better command to list a directory? I could think of 'ls' maybe
I would most likely end up with something like this: CAT CATalogue - output the contents of current directory RM to Raster Memory - load contents of named file in framebuffer MV Make Virtual - map the file into memory and output the address LS Load System - attempt to reboot using the named file as the kernel CD Create Directory - self-explanatory SH System Halt - immediately stop all processing ...and so on.
Out of curiosity, why x86? Is it the preponderance of resources? The weird instruction format? The complexity of the boot sequence? Are you specifically trying to mimic DOS? > A support for the ARM architecture (aarch) is coming soon too. Wow! How do you support a DOS-like OS across multiple architectures when DOS itself is tightly tied to interactions among the program, the system code, and the architecture?
It is much harder to bootstrap a simple OS in ARM, and it won’t stay very simple unless you accept significantly more limitations than you would under x86. (For example, you can’t do very much with the MMU off on ARM, and you also don’t have convenient BIOS interfaces that allow you to, say, read a sector, or wait for a keypress, with just a few lines of assembly).
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Afaik there is a 'DIR' command in MS-DOS. Anyway, what would be a better command to list a directory? I could think of 'ls' maybe
I would most likely end up with something like this: CAT CATalogue - output the contents of current directory RM to Raster Memory - load contents of named file in framebuffer MV Make Virtual - map the file into memory and output the address LS Load System - attempt to reboot using the named file as the kernel CD Create Directory - self-explanatory SH System Halt - immediately stop all processing ...and so on.
RM Relocate me - you could also use the "-rf" flag to relative fuzzy matching, for instance `rm -rf tmp` to find any temp-like folder near your current location. Pretty standard stuff.
CD Clear data - `cd -L /temp` would "liquidate" the directory.
I don’t understand: what makes this “DOS-like”? Not even the command names match DOS, except for dir and cls, and the architecture and feature set are completely different.
I don’t understand: what makes this “DOS-like”? Not even the command names match DOS, except for dir and cls, and the architecture and feature set are completely different.
The original blog post has more details: https://krusty.space/projects/rourexos/ Ultimately, it's an eye of the beholder type thing, but it seems very fair to call it DOS-like to me. The DOS inspiration is pretty blatant all throughout it from its aesthetic, commands (more than just dir and cls is shared), booting from a 1.44 floppy, etc. And if you are coming from a primarily windows computing background, then "DOS-…
Fun project indeed.
Memory-safe language. x86_64, with Arm on the roadmap. Networking stack. Boots from a CD and via multiboot. Your hobby project wipes the floor with DOS.
then
> Memory-safe language.
What's the point? Looks like today Rust is like 3D printing was. As if it makes something better. Printing was hyped and advertised by printers sellers and manufacturers. Finally they run out of money.
As for project, it's cool if compatible with old soft. Otherwise suitable mostly for education and masochism. Long way to become practical anyway even if it gets traction.