TinyKRNL

TinyKRNL

Crusty Windows bootleg
The command line interface when booted into TinyKRNL
Original OS	Windows XP
Forked from	PicoXP
Release date	Project start: Early 2006 CW Release: October 18, 2008
Author	Kenneth
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	2.88 MiB (combined)
Download link	TinyKRNL 1.img TinyKRNL 2.img
Date added	December 8, 2022
Live CD	No

TinyKRNL is a bootleg live Windows XP environment, which was created by Kenneth. The project originally started in early 2006, but this build in particular released on October 18, 2008. It was added to the archive on December 8, 2022. It is based on PicoXP. It is currently the smallest XP bootleg in the collection, and one of the very few available on floppy disks.

Description

TinyKRNL utilizes Windows Native Mode, which is most notable for being used in the chkdsk tool in vanilla Windows, alongside a custom shell named the Native Command Line Interface (NCLI) to actually run things. Because the Win32 subsystem has been removed, no native Windows programs will run, even if they are command line. In addition, there is also no NTVDM, which means DOS programs will similarly not work. Programs would have to be written from scratch to be used with this OS.

Changes from Windows XP

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

• New boot graphics

Look and feel

• The banner and palette when booted is a darkish blue
• Removal of pretty much everything

Notes

Bootleg quirks

• The copyright text in the version information has a typo at the end - "TinyKRNL OS Projectn".

Gallery

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  Boot screen

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  Command Prompt

See also

• PicoXP