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Chapter 1

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." — Lao Tzu


Let's start our Operating System journey! There is a lot to learn, but every journey has to start somewhere :)

In this chapter we discuss:

  • How to make a standalone1 binary
  • How to make our binary bootable

  1. A binary that doesn't require an operating system.