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Installing Bochs/Unix_v6 on your 32-bit Linux machine Start of with downloading the latest bochs source from this site . I have downloaded this snapshot. Extract to a folder tar -zxvf bochs-20070421.tar.gz Change to the bochs extracted folder cd bochs-20070421 Configure the bochs to be built in Debug mode ./configure --enable-debugger --enable-disasm Check that debugger flags are enabled config.h #define BX_DEBUGGER 1 #define BX_DISASM 1 Compile the bochs in debugger mode gmake Install the bochs in debugger mode make install Bochs is all set to run in the DEBUG Mode :) What next, I need OS for Boch machine, I have tried Linux, Windows, Mac OS all these are stupid they dint work on my Bochs machine, so I took the simple and the best OS Unix v6 from one of the google code. Building the Unix v6 OS for Bochs machine Get the Unix v6 source from this googlecode project svn checkout http://iitcs450.googlecode.com/svn/lab1/trunk/ lab1 change to the source directory cd lab1 Build the kernel and...

Syntax vs Logic Just got an idea while preparing for interview ... Does the knowledge in a syntax/grammar for a programming language really beat the logical knowledge. I was preparing for lab interview who has asked for php, perl, cgi, bash, html, sql etc ... skillset. I knew syntax only for C language, no other language. Will I be able to convince the interviewer is the question, with my logical knowledge ? First round of interview seems to have gone thru, will see what happen with the rest? Will wait n see and for the remaining interview rounds and let you know.

KISS &#153 In fact everyone likes a KISS :) ... So atlast I have found some platform to write about a KISS ... From from previous experiences and the small projects I have done, this is the best working principle I have found so faar ... "Keep It Sweet and Simple" or "Keep It Simple and Stupid" Many ways that we think become complex as we go on in the process of solving the problems that come in this real world. But my experience has really thought me that the real solutions become simpler and stupidish as we try out all complex possibilities and find that the solution is very simple compared to all the complex solutions tried out so far. This reminds me of my first lesson in C++ way back 5 years, where you divide a huge problem into 100's of smaller tasks that appears to be simpler and easier to understand and solve. May be my lifetime favorite C is moving to C++ while trying to solve these complex real world problems. I dont want to make this small post mo...

I am not a real movie buff to criticize the movies ... Its just my view :o The first impression I got after seeing Stalin was a cinema with good message and spices added to make it commercially viable. But after seeing "Pay it forward ... ", I felt the Indian remakes really missing the reality part of the message. While the english version tries to show that good deeds are very hard to be carried on (being very closer to reality), telugu version simply puts it off to say "Nothing is impossible". Instead of putting a fight One vs Thousand rowdies in Stalin, they should have shown how the good deeds would have tried to bring a change in the minds of the worst people. I feel that the idea of "Nothing is impossible" is putting a wrong notion in the minds of the mass audience (the illiterates), forcing them to take dangerous steps with out proper thought into it. I would prefer a more real and practical oriented message would bring in a change in the thinking ...

Lincoln's Letter to his Son's Teacher He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true, but teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for very selfish politician there is a dedicated leader. Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend. It will take time I know, but teach him if you can that a dollar earned is of far mare value than five found, teach him to lose and also to enjoy winning. Steer him away from envy. If you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter. Teach him if you can the wonder of books. But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hillside. In school teach him it's far more honourable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas even if every one tells him they are wrong. To be gentle with gentle people and tough with tough. Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on th...

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