Talk:Rolling Your Own Bootloader

Are we keeping this page and fixing it up or are we going to move its contents to somewhere else? It would be nice to know before I go and fix it up. Thanks. --Frank 09:46, 3 July 2007 (CDT)

I already rewrote parts of the article a while before this version was moved in with the fast merge. The main difference is that the other article is more theoretical but lacks some information that was present. I think we should decide here which way to go:

1. fix this article and remove Bootloader
2. copy the remaining information to Bootloader and remove this article
3. move all remaining theory to bootloader and keep all practical info here in a separate article.

My choice would be either option 2 or 3, largely depending on wether keeping two articles is useful. One could add some extra information to the practical aspects, at which point #3 becomes the better one. At the very least we should compare the articles and see what information is missing from either one. - Combuster 06:25, 5 July 2007 (CDT)

I think that I like 3 better. Moving of this information would just clutter up the theory article. This one is more of a how-to anyways. --Frank 15:36, 5 July 2007 (CDT)

Broken link in 'How do I actually load bytes' section

The broken link is the 'see OSRC for more info'. I've been perusing the root site but I never saw the original link, so I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for, I just know there is no 'os' section anymore. I'll keep looking, but I wanted to make a note to see if anyone had more luck than me.

-- Jflopezfernandez 12:35, 12 August 2019 (CDT)

Its very biased

Rolling your own bootloader is very biased and has a very negative tone. That's what I got from it. There are a lot of people who to prefer write their own stuff and learn from it. There are a lot of people who don't care to use tools. It was said that if a bootloader source code was presented then someone would be using that premade bootloader instead of trying to make one and that is the not case at all. There are quite a few people who actually study the source code for understanding even if they do not use the product. How else would you ever become one of the old greats, if you never study different sources of code? How else are you suppose to learn if only tools are being shoved down your throat. At what point does the art become lost?? Idk. I like os dev but starting to hate all the biased pages with limited and narrow views. What is the point of even writing a page if you are not going to properly cover the topic??