Created a few shell scripts to update and create an build of the Kernel/Operating System.

A python script can be run to run the scripts in the correct order and immediatly try the build.

scripts/create_harddrive.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# How to build a boot image 
+# NOTE: This script cant run properly yet 
+# Things described here should be done manually for now
+# 
+# COPYRIGHT © Nigel Barink 2023
+#
+
+echo "Building a FAT16 filesystem"
+
+
+su 
+
+# dd if=/dev/zero of=diks.img bs=512 count=131072
+# fdisk disk.img
+# Use the following options in fdisk (Format Disk Tool)
+# We want to create a MBR (NOT GPT) Partition table containing 1 logical disk 
+# with a primary FAT16 partition marked bootable
+
+#OPTIONs
+
+# Create new DOS disklabel
+# o
+# Create new partition
+# n
+# Choose Primary as partition type
+# p
+# hit enter to choose default for the other options
+
+# Mark partition 1 as bootable
+# a
+
+# Change partition type to FAT16
+# t
+# Choose Partition 1
+# 1
+# Choose HEX 6 for FAT16
+# 6
+
+# Sync and write changes to disk
+# w
+
+# Create a "block" device from the disk.img
+# losetup /dev/loop9 disk.img
+
+# Format the partition on the disk as FAT16
+# mkdosfs -F16 /dev/loop9
+
+# Mount the disk to a folder on our dev machine
+# mount /dev/loop9 /mnt
+
+# Install the grub bootloader onto the disk 
+# grub-install --no-floppy --modules="normal multiboot" /dev/loop9 --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/mnt/boot --force
+
+# copy the necessary OS files 
+# cp root/boot/myos.bin /mnt/boot/myos.bin
+# cp root/boot/grub/grub.cfg /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg
+
+# Unmount the device
+# umount /mnt
+
+# Destroy the loop device 
+# losetup -d /dev/loop9