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added by Jacob O'Brien May 31 '12 at 3:45

This type of question is going to solicit alot of debate – cb88 May 15 at 15:07

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added by Corwin Mcknight Jul 8 '12 at 7:54

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added by Coder404 May 17 '12 at 0:17

This would be acceptable on Prog.SE, to the extent that it is acceptable anywhere. – Nicol Bolas May 17 '12 at 5:37

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added by omercan1993 May 20 '12 at 9:44

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added by omercan1993 May 20 '12 at 9:48

<comments removed> Please do not use comments to answer these questions. This proposal is not part of a Q&A site, and the task at hand is to help define what is on and off topic for a site. Comments are here to help improve the questions; not to answer them. See What is the rationale for deleting answers? Thank you. – Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 15 at 13:49

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added by Tim Post♦ Jun 3 '12 at 11:58

Not really an OS question, don't you think? – Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 18:53

It is an OS question, Tools like Simics allow you to simulate all kinds of wonky faults to see how your kernel handles them. Now that it exists, virtualization plays a very key role in OS development since it's the most economical option for testing. – Tim Post♦ Nov 1 '12 at 2:43

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added by RustyTheBoyRobot Aug 6 '12 at 16:57

up vote 11 down vote

added by superdesk Aug 13 '12 at 16:05

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added by Coder404, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 19 '12 at 7:17

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added by omercan1993 May 18 '12 at 20:29

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added by hardmath May 19 '12 at 18:46

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added by Coder404 May 19 '12 at 23:04

This seems a too broad question. – kiamlaluno May 25 '12 at 6:47

Perhaps we should consider it rephrased as, What makes x86 different from ARM for the purpose of OS development? I think it quite topical in that regard. – hardmath Jul 3 '12 at 12:54

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added by Ivan May 25 '12 at 9:28

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added by Ivan May 25 '12 at 13:28

I suggest you rephrase this. Are you asking why you must enable A20 to enter the protected mode? – Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 18:59

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added by Ivan May 28 '12 at 6:57

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added by Ivan May 29 '12 at 14:15

	Have upvoted, but you need to ask a question here. What you have here, is a statement, not a question. – elssar Jan 29 at 12:11
	And elssar doesn't understand the question only because of it's form. – Xsi Feb 21 at 3:43

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added by hardmath Jul 21 '12 at 16:38

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added by jleahy Sep 5 '12 at 16:48

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added by jleahy Sep 5 '12 at 17:02

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added by Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 19:02

Would the down voter care to explain? – Lord Loh. Feb 21 at 23:19

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added by Coder404 Dec 30 '12 at 0:30

up vote 9 down vote

added by superdesk Aug 13 '12 at 16:56

up vote 8 down vote

added by RustyTheBoyRobot Aug 6 '12 at 17:00

up vote 3 down vote

added by jleahy Sep 5 '12 at 16:44

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added by jleahy Sep 5 '12 at 16:55

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added by Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 20:44

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added by forums Feb 18 at 8:56

Good question, seeing as one is emulating the other one would think it doesn't matter however in the end there's probably some subtle differences which can give you problems. I'm interested in the answer to this question too. – Alexander Varwijk Apr 8 at 12:00

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added by cb88 Mar 13 at 20:06

I think that this is a good question because it is something that is not only vital to the creation of a operating system but also something that many operating system developers would want to know. Thus it applies to many people. – Coder404 Mar 18 at 0:04

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added by Chris May 29 '12 at 9:30

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added by Adrian Collado Feb 16 at 22:09

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added by cb88 Apr 20 at 5:46

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added by Ivan May 25 '12 at 9:19

This is mainly a poll/list question. Those are not encouraged around here. – DallaRosa May 26 '12 at 5:11

I do not think it is a poll. It might end up being a list, but shall definitely be useful for future visitors. Community Wiki? – Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 20:52

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added by Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 19:00

quoting @RustyTheBoyRobot «Rather than "the best way," you could just ask "How can I implement...." Using the words "the best way" tends to make SE users a bit more wary of poll/list questions.» – RSFalcon7 Apr 16 at 14:13

@RSFalcon7 - good suggestion. – Lord Loh. May 2 at 19:56

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added by Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 20:49

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added by Lord Loh. Oct 31 '12 at 21:04

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added by user1922878 Feb 3 at 0:36

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added by BenjiWiebe Feb 9 at 22:07

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added by RSFalcon7 Mar 24 at 18:34

I think this is a pretty good question most every hobby OS would need this pretty quickly.... and using a library would mean interoperability with other systems. – cb88 Mar 29 at 4:54

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added by Alexander Varwijk Apr 8 at 13:48

Rather than "the best way," you could just ask "How can I ensure...." Using the words "the best way" tends to make SE users a bit more wary of poll/list questions. – RustyTheBoyRobot Apr 15 at 17:19

Something I have indeed seen happen so edited as per your suggestion : ) – Alexander Varwijk Apr 16 at 15:55