Class Boot

Object
  Boot

public class Boot

extends Object

A bootstrap program for the MiniKernel.

This program creates a Disk, and launches the kernel by calling the POWER_ON interrupt. When the Kernel returns from the interrupt, we assume it wants to shut down.

The program expects four or more command-line arguments:

• a numeric parameter to pass to the Kernel's POWER_ON interrupt. The kernel stores this number in its bufferSize field.
• the name of a class that implements the disk,
• the size of the disk, in blocks,
• the name of shell program, and any arguments to the shell program.

An example invocation is

    java Boot 10 Disk 100 Shell
 

See Also:

Kernel, Disk

Constructor Summary

Boot()

Method Summary

static void	main(String[] args) The main program.
private static void	pl(Object msg) Prints a message.
private static void	usage() Prints a help message and exits.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Boot

public Boot()

Method Detail

pl

private static void pl(Object msg)

Prints a message.

Parameters:

msg - the message to print.

usage

private static void usage()

Prints a help message and exits.

main

public static void main(String[] args)

The main program.

Parameters:

args - the command-line arguments