Go into 32bits protected mode

mbr.asm

@@ -70,5 +70,75 @@ boot:
     call println
     add sp, 2
 
+; Switch in 32bits Protected mode
+
+    ; Activate A20 http://wiki.osdev.org/A20_Line to be able to access more than 1Mb memory
+    mov ah, 0h
+    mov ax, 0x2401
+    int 0x15
+
+    ; Change video mode to display VGA
+    mov ax, 0x3
+    int 0x10
+
+
+    cli ; clear interruption flag
+
+    ; switch in 32 bits
+    lgdt [gdt_pointer] ; switch in 32bits here
+    mov eax, cr0
+    or eax,0x1; set the protected mode bit on special CPU reg cr0
+    mov cr0, eax
+    jmp CODE_SEG:boot2
+
+; GDT table desciption could be found http://wiki.osdev.org/Global_Descriptor_Table
+; here we define the 3 64bits segment needed: null segment, code segment and data segment
+gdt_start: ;null segment
+	dq 0x0
+gdt_code:  ;code segment
+	dw 0xFFFF
+	dw 0x0
+	db 0x0
+	db 10011010b
+	db 11001111b
+	db 0x0
+gdt_data:
+	dw 0xFFFF
+	dw 0x0
+	db 0x0
+	db 10010010b
+	db 11001111b
+	db 0x0
+gdt_end:
+gdt_pointer:
+	dw gdt_end - gdt_start
+	dd gdt_start
+
+CODE_SEG equ gdt_code - gdt_start
+DATA_SEG equ gdt_data - gdt_start
+
+bits 32
+boot2:
+	mov ax, DATA_SEG
+	mov ds, ax
+	mov es, ax
+	mov fs, ax
+	mov gs, ax
+	mov ss, ax
+	mov esi,hello32
+	mov ebx,0xb8000 ; Cannot use BIOS anymore, use VGA Text buffer instead
+
+.loop32:
+	lodsb
+	or al,al
+	jz halt
+	or eax,0x0100 ; blue bg
+	mov word [ebx], ax
+	add ebx,2
+	jmp .loop32
+halt:
+	cli
+	hlt
+hello32: db "Hello world!",0
 times 510 - ($ - $$) db 0	; fill up to 510 with 0
 dw 0xAA55			; MBR magic number