Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-16 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : techmaster20 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? Well, you could try to make a basic product activation app if youre planning to make your OS comercial. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=192208#p192208

Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-16 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Ethin via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? Actually, thats been my toughest project yet. Building an activation system for Snow Race and Death Match: Project Alpha is a living hell, especially when it looks, syntactically, correct but you cant figure whats wrong

Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-16 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : camlorn via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? Comparing x to y when y is in the executable will cause instant failure because I can pull it out and post it for everyone. The only good way to do a licensing system is to do something involving the internet or, perhaps

Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-15 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Ethin via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? Well, I just want to start out with a simple program, and build up from there. What program would you recommend I try and build, excluding the hello world program? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=192088

Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-15 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Sebby via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? Well.You can port Emacs. No, seriously … what about the fact that you wont have speech or braille feedback in the environment? Emulation is great but how is your program going to be useful once you run it from a real EFI ROM?I

Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-15 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Ethin via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? It may work, actually, as long as we can figure out how to use all the code that BRLTTY uses without compromising BRLTTYs original function. Wed need to figure out how to adapt a screen reader as well, as BRLTTY cannot work

Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-14 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Ethin via Audiogames-reflector
Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? Hi all,Im just curious: How should I build an operating system that is just the bare, minimal kernel using UEFI? This OS will only support UEFI. (It will only support UEFI because BIOS is just obsolete by now, right?) So, does

Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI?

2014-10-14 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Sebby via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Best method to build a minimal operating system using UEFI? A minimal operating system?Most EFI programs simply load the boot code or kernel of some other, existing OS. Sometimes they provide useful utilities, like shells. Although EFI is certainly capable of being used as a basic