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Bootable Qt-Linux Application

How to boot a linux kernel + dependencies and auto run a Qt application so the linux environment doesn't show up (only the Qt GUI is visible)? on x86 PCs should be able to run from RAM (of course)
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How to create bootable GUI programs?

*"for Retro computing purposes only"* Some programs are directly bootable and have a nice GUI e.g. Acronis OS Selector and Disk Director (screenshot) How can they run wihtout underlying OS? Can this be acheived by using a minimal Linux…
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Changes required to create AMI from OS disk EBS volume manually

I have a VMware VM whose OS raw disk is backed up to AWS S3. I can create AMI from the OS disk raw using import-image. I cannot use import-image everytime because it is extremely slow and because I am creating an application where you can backup…
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How do I programmatically create a bootable CD?

I'm using a barebones tutorial as the basis for an OS I'm working on, and it seems to be an older tutorial: it has be compiling the kernel down to a floppy image, and then loading it with GRUB. Basically, I still want to use GRUB, but I'd like to…
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Unable to create Bootable Installer for macOS Sierra 'libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException' error

I have tried to create a bootable installer for macOS Sierra to use on my MacBook Air that is broken and needs to reinstall macOS (The macOS X Lion installer that comes with the Macbook is broken and says it is unable to install additional…
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Run C program after bootloader

I'm building a simple kernel for future tests applications, like MEMTEST and others. So, what I have right now is the bootloader. What i need to do is load another file that I'll compile put in the second sector of the floppy disk and then run. So,…
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xorriso: boot.catalog and -eltorito-catalog not working

I've been trying to create a bootable CD with xorriso by using a custom boot.catalog file in order to - that was my goal - specify the LBA my boot sector should be placed at. However, the xorriso option -eltorito-catalog does not seem to use my…
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Programmatically Create Bootable NTFS/FAT Partition Windows XP to Windows 7

I am trying to create a bootable partition in Windows. I need to be able to do this from Windows XP through Windows 7. Ideally I would be able to do it both for FAT32 and NTFS depending on if the device is smaller than 32 GB (FAT32) or larger…
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How to create bootable sd card from different img files

I have built cyanogenmod lollipop source for odroid-xu4 SBC and resulted into separate image files like system.img, boot.img, cache.img, kernel, ramdisk.img, ramdisk-recovery.img, recovery.img, userdata.img and other folders like install, root,…
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grub-mkrescue fails to create a bootable CD image

I have this iso image which apparently VirtualBox can not read. I am currently using GRUB And following this tutorial and in the episode of OS-VM Installation. i have screen-recorded the error as i went through the steps…
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Converting VirtualBox .VDI .VHD .VMDK to BOOTABLE .iso file

The title is pretty much describe it all. I thought it would be an extremely easy task but I'm googling the topic for a few days and can not find a proper solution. I succeed convert it to .iso but it's not BOOTABLE from physical machine. I have…
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Having trouble creating bootable SD Card (TWRP + OTA + custom apk) to flash android TV box

Web Developer here. Normally, I don't have a problem with new technologies but Android (specifically marshmallow) has been the exception. It seems the search results I'm getting are garbage...muddied with all kinds of Windows-Android tools that I…
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How does an OS find a peripheral's assigned address(es)?

OK, here's what I mean: Let's say you want to write your own bootable code. Further, your code is going to be really simple. So simple, in fact, that it only consists of a single instruction. Your bootable code is going to write a byte or word or…
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How to create a QNX neutrino 7.0.0 bootable cd image?

I am a newbie in QNX and I have a question: How to generate a QNX 7.0.0 bootable image for x86 (32-bit) that I can burn on a CD disk and boot on my pc? I have asked a question that looks similar to this, but it was about booting with Photon…
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How to create a QNX neutrino 7.0.0 bootable cd image with Photon?

I am a newbie in QNX and I have a question: How to generate a QNX 7.0.0 bootable image for x86 (32-bit) that I can burn on a CD disk and boot with Photon. There is an ISO image on the internet that does exactly that I want to. It called "QNX demo"…
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