writting an os

[harry@dayfamily]

I would like to write an OS and i have some questions
(i would like to write it in java but i know this is not possible).
if anyone could answer these question i would be grateful
1. what programing languages would i have to learn notating what i said above.
2. is there any tutorials/sites i can use for help :D
i also posted this at http://forums.devshed.com/dev-shed-lounge-26/writting-an-os-384245.html

[drkybelk]

Hi Harry,
writing an Operating system (if that's what you intend to do) is a non-trivial task. But if you really want to go ahead with it I would recommend to you to get clued up on the Linux kernel. If I were you, I would learn "C" pretty sharpish and take the kernel source code (downloadable from various linux sites) and modify it to suit my needs.
But do you really need your own operating system? What are you trying to achieve? Are there any shortcomings in current O/Ss, that you try to alleviate (-> then why not contributing to the open source communty?)? Or do you need to create a specific "O/S" for a device: Then all you really need is probably a device driver?
Cheers,

Dieter

[Lori]

I should think you'd need to know Assembler too.

Lori