[Oberon] Compiling PC Native Oberon from scratch.

[Srinivas Nayak]

Dear Peter,

Thanks for your link.
I will check the files and tools.

With thanks and best regards,

Yours sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak

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On 03/30/2016 10:27 PM, Peter Matthias wrote:
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> Am 29.03.2016 um 21:39 schrieb Srinivas Nayak:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Is it possible to compile the whole PC Native Oberon source code from
>> scratch?
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> Yes. As mentioned by Bernhard.
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>> Where can I find the assembler code for Kernel, Display and Files etc?
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> All files should be in
> http://oberon.wdfiles.com/local--files/start/gadgets030105a.tgz
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>> Is there a document describing the compilation steps?
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> The tool named by Bernhard shows how to build an installable system on floppy disks. Building and statically linking the inner core should be quite easy. Than it must be copied to hard disk and made bootable.
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>> Which compiler and tool chain is appropriate for this?
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> It only makes sense to do this from within PC Native Oberon. Building and statically linking the inner core is also possible from within OLR/X86.
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> I would recommend to start with understanding device drivers like Display before trying to compile the inner core. IMO Oberon is not about fiddling around stupid design decision of the PC and its boot process.
>
> Peter
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