From 21e8daa329623fa0ba81637be95de97c3aa9ff9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: HimbeerserverDE Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 21:57:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Instructions for real hardware --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 424a0cb..7e92052 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -25,3 +25,17 @@ Simply type `make` to build and run the project. QEMU may require a VNC viewer. If it's working you should see "Hello Stage2!" on the screen. + +# Real Hardware +It is possible to test this project on real hardware. +The only supported platform at the moment is x86. UEFI is not supported +and UEFI support is unlikely to be added in the future. If you use UEFI +make sure to enable CSM / Legacy Boot in your UEFI settings. If you don't have CSM you can still use a virtual machine as explained above. + +You can use `dd` to write the `nothing.img` file to a block device +of your choice (but only if you've built it). It is exactly 32 MiB in size. + +**This will overwrite the partition table so be careful not to write +to the wrong device.** + +You can then boot from the device. It should once again print "Hello Stage2!". -- 2.44.0