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-Requirements of eduOS
-=====================
-
-1.) Currently, eduOS supports only x86-based architectures.
-2.) Following command line tools have to be installed:
-    make, gcc, binutil, git, qemu, nams, gdb
-3.) The test PC has to use grub as bootloader.
-
-Building eduOS
-==============
-
-1.) Copy Makefile.example to Makefile and edit this Makefile to meet your individual convenience.
-2.) Copy include/eduos/config.h.example to include/eduos/config.h and edit this config file to 
-    meet your individual convenience.
-3.) Build kernel with "make"
-
-Start eduOS via qemu
-====================
-1.) Install qemu to emulate an x86 architecture
-2.) make qemu
-
-Boot eduOS via grub
-===================
-1.) Copy eduos.elf as eduos.bin into the directory /boot. (cp eduos.elf /boot/eduos.bin)
-2.) Create a boot entry in the grub menu. This depends on the version of grub, which is used by 
-    the installed Linux system. For instance, we added following lines to /boot/grub/grub.cfg:
-
-   ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
-   # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
-   # menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
-   # the 'exec tail' line above.
-   menuentry "Boot eduOS!" {
-          multiboot       /boot/eduos.bin
-          boot
-   }
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+eduOS - A learning operating system to get a deeper knowledge in the system software design
+===========================================================================================
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+eduOS is a Unix-like computer operating system based on a monolithic architecture for educational purposes.
+It is derived from following tutorials and software distributions.
+ 
+1. bkerndev - Bran's Kernel Development Tutorial
+   The first steps to realize eduOS based on Bran's Kernel Development 
+   Tutorial (http://www.osdever.net/tutorials/view/brans-kernel-development-tutorial).
+   In particular, the initialization of GDT, IDT and the interrupt handlers are derived
+   from this tutorial.
+
+2. kprintf, umoddu3, udivdi3, qdivrem, divdi3, lshrdi3, moddi3, strtol, strtoul, ucmpdi2
+   This software contains code derived from material licensed
+   to the University of California by American Telephone and Telegraph
+   Co. or Unix System Laboratories, Inc. and are reproduced herein with
+   the permission of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
+
+
+Requirements of eduOS
+---------------------
+
+* Currently, eduOS supports only x86-based architectures.
+* Following command line tools have to be installed:
+  make, gcc, binutil, git, qemu, nams, gdb
+* The test PC has to use grub as bootloader.
+
+Building eduOS
+--------------
+
+1. Copy Makefile.example to Makefile and edit this Makefile to meet your individual convenience.
+2. Copy include/eduos/config.h.example to include/eduos/config.h and edit this config file to 
+   meet your individual convenience.
+3. Build kernel with "make"
+
+Start eduOS via qemu
+--------------------
+1. Install qemu to emulate an x86 architecture
+2. make qemu
+
+Boot eduOS via grub
+-------------------
+1. Copy eduos.elf as eduos.bin into the directory /boot. (cp eduos.elf /boot/eduos.bin)
+2. Create a boot entry in the grub menu. This depends on the version of grub, which is used by 
+   the installed Linux system. For instance, we added following lines to /boot/grub/grub.cfg:
+
+   ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
+   # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
+   # menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
+   # the 'exec tail' line above.
+   menuentry "Boot eduOS!" {
+          multiboot       /boot/eduos.bin
+          boot
+   }