loading root directory to disk, will have to work on a tool to transfer kernel binary to filesystem as i cannot mount the fs to WSL

makefile

@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ CC := gcc
 AS := nasm
 BL_ASFLAGS := -f bin
 
-all: bootloader
+all: bootloader tools
 	cp bin/bootloader.bin image.bin
 	qemu-img resize -f raw image.bin 512M
 	qemu-system-i386 -hda bin/bootloader.bin --no-reboot --no-shutdown -m 32m -smp 2 -serial mon:stdio
+	
+tools:
+	$(CC) tools/diskwrite.c -o diskwrite
 
 bootloader:
 	$(AS) src/bootloader/main.s $(BL_ASFLAGS) -o bin/bootloader.bin
@@ -15,6 +18,9 @@ init:
 	@mkdir bin/boot
 	@mkdir bin/kernel
 
+.PHONY: tools
+
 clean:
+	@rm diskwrite
 	@rm -rf bin/
 	@rm -rf mount/

src/bootloader/main.s

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ load_gdt:
         mov cr0, eax
         jmp 0x0:.real
     .real:;no actual code here, just label for readability and organization
+    pop ds
 load_part2:
     mov ah, 0x42
     xor edx, edx
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ load_part2:
         push 0
         pop ds
         mov si, DAP
+        jmp $
         int 0x13
         jc load_fail
         jmp part_2
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ times 1024-($-$$) db 0
 part_2:
     call get_mmap
     call paging_en
+    call open_file
     jmp $
 load_kernel:
 get_mmap:
@@ -360,6 +363,46 @@ paging_en:
     ret
 open_file:
     ;only looks in the root directory
+    xor esi, esi
+    xor ecx, ecx
+    xor edx, edx
+    mov esi, [fat_bpb.part_start];
+    add si, [fat_bpb.reserved_sectors]
+    mov cl, [fat_bpb.fat_count]
+    mov dx, [fat_ebpb32.sectors_per_fat]
+    .addlp:
+        add esi, edx
+        dec ecx
+        or ecx, ecx
+        jnz .addlp
+    xor dx, dx
+    mov ecx, [fat_ebpb32.root_dir_cluster]
+    mov dl, [fat_bpb.sectors_per_cluster]
+    .addlp1:
+        add esi, edx
+        dec ecx
+        or ecx, ecx
+        jnz .addlp1
+    mov [DAP.sector_start], esi
+    mov [DAP.read_count],   dx
+    mov [DAP.offset],       word 0xd000
+    mov [DAP.segment],      word 0x0000
+    
+    mov eax, [DAP.sector_start]
+    mov ebx, [DAP.sector_start + 4]
+    mov ecx, [DAP.offset]
+    mov dx, [DAP.read_count]
+    push 0
+    pop ds
+    push 0
+    pop es
+    ;sector start now contains the sector number of the first data sector of the root directory
+    mov ah, 0x42
+    mov dl, byte [data.boot_disc]
+    mov si, DAP
+    int 0x13
+    jc load_fail
+    debug
 read_file:
     ;reads all data from file
 load_elf:
@@ -369,7 +412,7 @@ k_info:
     .memory_map_ptr:    dd 0x2000
     .memory_map_count:  dw 0
     .padding:           db 0
-    .bpp:               db 0
+    .bpp:               db 0;if depth == 0 then video is text mode
     .xres:              dw 0
     .yres:              dw 0
     .framebuffer_ptr:   dd 0

tools/diskwrite.c

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv){
+    printf("Hello, World!\n");
+    return 0;
+}