good idea, I would buy two kinds of books 1) one which aggregates all the "How do I write an OS from scratch" info under links below into one coherent whole. a

good idea, I would buy two kinds of books 1) one which aggregates all the "How do I write an OS from scratch" info under links below into one coherent whole. and 2) a tutorial on how to build a domain-specific OS, say OS that only knows to run a web-server, or OS for FPGA or Raspberry Pi, or a mobile OS that knows messaging and nothing else 1. http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-write-an-operating-system http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-write-an-operating-system 2. http://www.quora.com/If-you-were-to-write-a-new-operating-system-from-scratch-where-would-you-start http://www.quora.com/If-you-were-to-write-a-new-operating-sy... 3. http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~exr/lectures/opsys/10_11/lectures/os-dev.pdf http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~exr/lectures/opsys/10_11/lectures/... 4. http://www.amazon.com/The-Design-UNIX-Operating-System/dp/0132017997 http://www.amazon.com/The-Design-UNIX-Operating-System/dp/01... 5. http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-Computing-Systems-Principles/dp/0262640686 http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-Computing-Systems-Princip... 6. http://www.returninfinity.com/baremetal.html http://www.returninfinity.com/baremetal.html